This Could Be the Night (1957)
Paul Douglas: Rocco
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Quotes
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Rocco : Stick to the dames that know the score - hello, thank you and goodbye.
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Rocco : Me and heartburn are a cinch daily double.
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Rocco : You know who she reminds me of? My ex.
Tony Armotti : Oh, that must make you happy. How much was it Tina took you for?
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Rocco : You don't understand about Tony. He's the kind of a guy who could wind up in the clink easy, or drivin' a truck, or somethin'.
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Rocco : What has you don't approve of me got to do with where is my secretary?
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Rocco : What they pay to sit on each other's laps it's a crime to take.
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Rocco : You must have a pretty good education, huh?
Anne Leeds : Well, I graduated from Smith last year.
Rocco : Never heard of it. What kind of a team they got?
Anne Leeds : Oh, it's a woman's college. A very good one.
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Rocco : What can you do?
Anne Leeds : Can you tell me what you need, Mr. Rocco.
Rocco : Anything I say I need, you'll say you got, that's human nature. Besides, I asked you first.
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Patsy St. Clair : Say, Roc, Ma says I'm wearing too much. What do you think?
Rocco : I don't know, Patsy. Ask Tony.
Patsy St. Clair : Ah, he'll agree with Ma.
Rocco : And I'll agree with both of them.
Patsy St. Clair : Take 'em off! Take 'em off! Take 'em off!
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Anne Leeds : His attitude was - a little unfortunate.
Rocco : Made a pass, huh? Well, it figures, a writer sittin' around on this can all day, thinkin'. What else has he got to do? Well, it won't happen here. We got a house rule, me and my partner, no monkeying with the help.
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Ivy Corlane : What's this dolly got that's so special, Roc?
Rocco : Well, she - she don't know from nuttin'. It's cute.
Ivy Corlane : You can't mean from nothing?
Rocco : From nothin'!
Tony Armotti : That's going a little too far, Roc. She's a hick, I'll grant you; but, so are a lot of farmer's daughters. And you heard about them.
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Rocco : Ivy, the matter we were discussin', let's forget about it, huh? Seein' as how we didn't make a bet.
[to Anne]
Rocco : Oh, we were arguing as to who pitched for the Yankees last year.
Ivy Corlane : Oh, that wasn't it, Roc. Did anyone make first base, that was the question.
Anne Leeds : But, somebody always makes first base
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Rocco : Okay, hot shot, a half a G says baby's what I think she is.
Tony Armotti : Oh, Roc, come on, what you think she is, there ain't anymore.
Rocco : How could you recognize one? You haven't met a dame your whole life that wasn't a tramp.
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Ziggy Dawit : What's new?
Rocco : [eating dinner with Anne] Her. My secretary.
Ziggy Dawit : Oh! So, that's what they call it now.
Rocco : [to Anne] He writes a column. They all have dirty minds.
Ziggy Dawit : I want one, Roc. Right out of the same valley.
[Ziggy leaves]
Rocco : He's not a bad guy. The dames don't like him. It makes him a little sour.
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Rocco : What's so comical? A young lady gets a job and all of the sudden has to be pumped about what is nobody's business but her own.
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Crystal St. Clair : She has to live her own life sometime, doesn't she. But, first, she's got to learn to tell me off.
Rocco : Ah, Patsy's okay. Not like you, when you was a kid. But, that's asking too much.
[to Anne]
Rocco : You should've seen her. Dynamite. And a knockout!
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Patsy St. Clair : Well! Look who's here in time for flapjacks.
Crystal St. Clair : Shut up. Give him the coffee and beat it.
Rocco : Yeah.
Patsy St. Clair : Don't let the pancakes get cold.
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Tony Armotti : This isn't a place for her.
Rocco : She don't meet the right element here.
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Rocco : What do you think I came in for? To dictate a letter?
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Rocco : It's okay. She's spending the night with a girlfriend.
Mr. Shea - Landlord : The wife and I have the distinct impression she don't know anybody in New York that intimate.
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[last lines]
Rocco : Some bossy dame. College broad!
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Ziggy Dawit : Well, sitting in a front booth, eating your own food and laughing. You saving money on shills?
Rocco : Why not? What got ya up so early, Ziggy?
Ziggy Dawit : Oh, I couldn't sleep. What's new?
Rocco : [nodding toward Anne] Her - my secretary.
Ziggy Dawit : Oh, so that's what they call it now?
Rocco : [to Anne] He writes a column. They all have dirty minds.