Arthur O'Connell movie quotes

13 quotes from 3 movies

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) as Clint Stark

View Quote Dr. Lao (in snake form...with a face resembling Clint Stark's): I wouldn't care to trade with you.
Clint Stark: Maybe not, but the point is, my scaly friend, that you are in a cage, while I'm free to walk about!
Dr. Lao: Oh, you have your cage, too. You test your bars just as often as I test mine, kiddo.

View Quote Mayor James Sargent: He doesn't want to lose. Who does?
Clint Stark: I do. Mayor Sargent, every time I bet on weakness, corruption, fallibility… I want to lose. But I always win.

View Quote Clint Stark: I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the truth early, boy.
Ed Cunningham: And what is the truth, Stark?
Clint Stark: It's all very simple. There's no such thing as the dignity of man. Man is a base, pathetic and vulgar animal.

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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) as Parnell Emmett McCarthy

View Quote The lieutenant goes to Quill's place and plugs Mr. Quill about five times, which causes Mr. Quill to promptly die of lead poisoning.

View Quote You know I used to think the world looked better through a glass of whiskey. It doesn't. I think I'll keep it this way. Looks nice.

View Quote Parnell Emmett McCarthy: Did you give the lieutenant the Well-Known Lecture?
Paul Biegler: If you mean, did I coach him into a phony story, no.
Parnell Emmett McCarthy: Maybe you're too pure, Paul. Too pure for the natural impurities of the law.

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Man of the West (1958) as Sam Beasley

View Quote Mr. Jones is lookin' to stretch his legs although I don't think he want them any longer than they are. [laughs]

View Quote Link Jones: [Startled by the train engine] That's the ugliest thing I ever saw in my life!
Sam Beasley: [Sardonically] You never met my ex-wife.

View Quote Sam Beasley: Hello, Billie! Billie, you're lookin' very good!
Billie Ellis: Thanks, and I thought the only thing that looked good to you was a marked deck.