Watch the Birdie (1950)

Frank Ferguson: Mr. Whittle

Quotes 

• Rusty Cammeron : Oh, welcome to Cammeron & Son & Son's photographic studio, what can I do for you?

  Mr. Whittle : My name's Whittle, I'm from the Eagle Collection Agency.

  Rusty Cammeron : Oh, well there must be some mistake, I don't collect eagles.

  Mr. Whittle : My agency's been retained by your creditors to collect the sum of eleven hundred and ninety-seven dollars.

  [hands Rusty a bill] 

  Mr. Whittle : Here's a list of what you owe.

  Rusty Cammeron : Oh, well I'll have to speak to my father about this.

  [reads the invoice] 

  Rusty Cammeron : How could we owe all of that money?

  Mr. Whittle : I'm only doing my duty, but if you can't pay this, I'm afraid we'll have to close up your store.

  Rusty Cammeron : Look mister, all of my savings, all of my father's savings went into opening this store. Now we're liable to take in the $1,197 on this sale alone. Couldn't you give us a little more time, please?

  Mr. Whittle : Well, let's say day after tomorrow, but I can't give you one minute more, now that's final.

  Rusty Cammeron : Thanks.

  Mr. Whittle : Good day.

  Rusty Cammeron : Goodbye.

• Mr. Whittle : Oh, Mr. Cammeron?

  Rusty Cammeron : Hmm? Oh!

  Mr. Whittle : It's me again. Say, I hope you've got that $1,197. Now no hard feelings, but they made me bring the sheriff with me, he's out in the car.

  Rusty Cammeron : Well, you can tell him to stay in the car, I got the money in the cash register.

  [goes to the cash register] 

  Mr. Whittle : Well, I'll say.

  Rusty Cammeron : [pushes the register keys]  There you are, $1,197.

  Mr. Whittle : Well you don't know how pleased I am, Mr. Cammeron, now you've got nothing to worry about. Well, good luck.

  [Mr. Whittle leaves the store] 

  Rusty Cammeron : Goodbye, and I got $1,204.97 left.

  [goes to the phone, starts to dial while humming "The Wedding March"] 

  Rusty Cammeron : Hello, may I please speak to Miss Lucia Corlane?

  Mr. Tirson : [enters the store]  Hi, Mr. Cammeron. Now, here's your 35 cents, would you get my camera out of storage, please?

  Rusty Cammeron : Your camera? Oh, well Mr. Tirson, unfortunately I lost your camera. Will you take the one Pop has over there? It's not a newsreel camera, but it takes awfully good pictures.

  Mr. Tirson : Give me my camera or give me $1,200 in cash, or I call the police.

  Rusty Cammeron : Okay, give him the $1,200, Pop.

  [goes back to the phone] 

  Rusty Cammeron : Hello? No, I don't want to speak to Miss Corlane, I guess I was trying to call the wrong number.

  Mr. Tirson : [cash register opens]  Thank you boys, I've been trying to sell that camera for 6 months, ha ha ha ha!

  Pop Cammeron : Well, thank goodness it wasn't a total loss, we got 35¢ out of him.

  [chuckles] 

  Rusty Cammeron : [quietly to himself]  Yeah.

  Pop Cammeron : Well, I think I better go deposit this in the bank.

  [heads out the doorway, then turns to Rusty] 

  Pop Cammeron : Oh son, if any more customers come in, don't wait on them, because we can't afford to lose any more money.

  [chuckles, Rusty nods in agreement]