The People Against O'Hara (1951)

Spencer Tracy: James Curtayne

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Quotes 

• Photographer : [as Curtayne enters the court]  James P. Curtayne, complete with carnation.

  James Curtayne : [confidently]  Never enter the ring without it.

• Postal Clerk : Oh, you're an attorney?

  James Curtayne : Yeah.

  Postal Clerk : Then you should know about a court order.

• James Curtayne : I think maybe one drink...

  Ginny Curtayne : You can't take one drink!

  James Curtayne : Yes, I can take one drink. I'm going to take one.

  Ginny Curtayne : Dad, I'm not frightened. We've beaten this before. I'll get dressed...

  James Curtayne : [pouring himself a drink]  Go and get yourself a husband like any normal girl should do! Stop mothering me! Stop this protective custody!

  Ginny Curtayne : All right, drink that drink. Drink the whole bottle. And go out and get another bottle and drink that, too. Drink forty bottles. And I won't bother you. I'll leave you alone. You can fall up the stairs all by yourself. You can learn to put yourself to bed, because I won't be here. I'll be in my own home, with my husband, the one who's been waiting for me for two years! I won't have to be your keeper! My father's keeper! The nagging daughter of an incurable alcoholic!

  James Curtayne : [slapping her across the face]  Ginny, stop!

• James Curtayne : [going up to the bartender]  Gimme a short beer, Augie.

  Augie : [surprised, since Curtayne is supposed to be on the wagon]  You're kidding, Mr. Curtayne?

  James Curtayne : [sharply, a bit impatient]  Gimme a short beer.

• James Curtayne : [visiting him in jail]  Now, Johnny, tell me this. When they tried to pick you up, why did you run?

  Johnny O'Hara : I didn't know it was the cops. I thought it was... I was scared.

  James Curtayne : You thought what?

  Johnny O'Hara : I was scared. I... I saw guns. That's from the war. That's how guns hit me.

  James Curtayne : Oh? They didn't seem to hit you that way when you won the DSC...

  Johnny O'Hara : Put me down I was scared.

  James Curtayne : What's your girl's name, Johnny?

  Johnny O'Hara : Girl's name? What would you want that for?

  James Curtayne : What's her name!

  Johnny O'Hara : I got no girl, Mr. Curtayne.

  James Curtayne : [standing up, looking at Johnny sternly]  All right, Johnny. Now, of course you know this is just the start. I'll be in to see you again tomorrow.

  James Curtayne : There's something I want you to remember: get this into your noggin and keep it there. You're not in here because you stole some apples off a peddler's cart.