James Cagney movie quotes

26 quotes from 3 movies

White Heat (1949) as Arthur "Cody" Jarrett

View Quote Made it, Ma! Top of the world!

View Quote You know something, Verna, if I turn my back for long enough for Big Ed to put a hole in it, there'd be a hole in it. [he laughs] Big Ed ... great big Ed. Y'know why they call 'im that? 'Cause his ideas are big. One day he's gonna get a really big one ... about me. And it'll be his last.

View Quote Note: ranked #18 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) as Rocky Sullivan

View Quote 'Morning, gentlemen. Nice day for a murder.

View Quote No! I don't want to die! Oh, please! I don't want to die! Oh, please! Don't make me burn in hell. Oh, please let go of me! Please don't kill me! Oh, don't kill me, please!

View Quote Mac Keefer: Where's Frazier?
Rocky Sullivan: Where's that hundred grand?
Mac Keefer: You think we're gonna pay off huh?
Rocky Sullivan: Certainly. If I don't get that dough in three minutes, Frazier's gonna be splashed all over the best hideout in town.

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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) as Ralph Cotter

View Quote And now, would one fugitive from justice care to fix another fugitive from justice... a sandwich?

View Quote Joe 'Jinx' Raynor: He ain't to be trusted.
Ralph Cotter: Why should *he* be different?

View Quote Holiday Carleton: He's too smart for you!
Ralph Cotter: Oh no, he stopped being smart when he took my money.

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