Rope of Sand (1949)
Burt Lancaster: Mike Davis
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Quotes
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Toady : Consider the diamond itself for instance. Carbon, soot, chemically speaking. And yet the hardest of all matters. So hard, in fact, that whatever it touches must suffer: glass, steel, the human soul.
Mike Davis : Why don't you sell your rug someplace else?
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Suzanne Renaud : I'm giving you so much trouble.
Mike Davis : The perogative of a beautiful woman.
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Mike Davis : [to Thompson about his war experience] I went to bed with a 75mm for three years, but now i sleep alone.
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Mike Davis : If you ever tried to get away from me, I'd follow you 'til I wore the earth smooth.
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Mike Davis : [to Thompson about his war experience] I ent to bed with a 75mm for three years, but now i sleep alone.
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Commandant Paul Vogel : Consider this place for a minute if you will. It often reminds one of the interior of a whale's belly.
Mike Davis : You sure get around.
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Suzanne Renaud : I like courage. What do you like Mr. Davis?
Mike Davis : Honesty.
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Mike Davis : [Observing, in a bar, that Thompson is drinking a bit heavily] Take it easy, fella'. You got all night.
Thompson : I go on duty in two hours.
Mike Davis : Well, I wouldn't drink so much.
Thompson : You ever spent eight hours in a half-track?
Mike Davis : Not yet.
Thompson : Then you've never had your eyes fall out or your throat close up or your guts turn inside out from gas fumes, sand, and heat.
Mike Davis : It's your squirrel cage. Why'd you pick it?
Thompson : I ran a tank during the war.
Mike Davis : I went to bed with a 75 millimeter for three years, but now I sleep alone.
Thompson : Know of a job that pays better?