Rebel Without a Cause (1955) · 35 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Rebel Without a Cause (1955): in 11 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Frank Stark (6), Jim Stark (5), Judy (3)
Why did you run out on me? Why did you leave me alone?...Let go! You're not my father...
John 'Plato' Crawford Hey, you want to come home with me? I mean there's nobody home at my house and heck, I'm not tired. Are you? See, I don't have too many people I can talk to...If you want to come, we could talk, and in the morning, we could have breakfast like my dad used to. Gee, if only you could have been my dad.
John 'Plato' Crawford Oh, I came here a lot of times before, but I never had fun...'cause I was alone.
John 'Plato' Crawford Jim, do you think the end of the world will come at nighttime?
John 'Plato' Crawford What would he know about 'man alone'?
Plato Hey, you shouldn't monkey with him. He's a wheel.
Who?
Plato Buzz. So is she. It's hard to make friends with these guys.
I don't want to make friends.
How did you get here?
Plato I hitched.
I'll bet you'd go to a hanging, wouldn't you?
Plato I guess it's just my morbid personality.
Is he a friend of yours?
Plato Yeah, yeah, he's my best friend.
What's he like?
Plato Oh, I don't know. You have to get to know him. He doesn't say much but, but when he does, you know he means it. He's sincere.
Well, that's the main thing...
Plato Maybe next summer, he's gonna take me hunting with him, and fishing. I want him to teach me how, because I know he won't get mad if I goof. His name's Jim. It's, it's really James, but he likes Jim more. And people he really likes, he lets them call him Jamie.
Jamie?
Plato Well, what do you think of my castle?
Wow, Shoo, Gee, Wow.
Well, now, there, then, uh, I think we'll take it for the summer.
Plato Right this way.
You decide, darling.
Oh yes, yes.
Remember our budget.
Plato Oh, don't give it a thought. It's, uh, only three million dollars a month.
What?
Oh, we can manage that. I'll scrimp and I'll save and I'll work my fingers to the bone.
You see, we're newlyweds.
Yes. Oh there's just one thing. What about...
Plato ...children? Right this way.
Yes.
Plato See, we really don't encourage them. They're so noisy and troublesome, don't you agree?
Eh, drown 'em like puppies, eh.
Plato This is a wonderful arrangement. They can carry on and you'll never even notice.
Oh, a sunken nursery.
Plato In fact, if you lock them in, you'll never have to see them again. Much less talk to them.
Talk to them. Heavens!
Nobody talks to children.
No, they just tell them.
Plato I used to lie in my crib at night and I'd listen to them fight.
Can you remember back that far? I can't remember what happened yesterday. [He laughs] I can't. How do you do it?
Plato Oh, I had to go to a head-shrinker. Boy, he made me remember.
Did he?
Plato Then my mother said it cost too much so she went to Hawaii instead.
Well, what's your problem?
Plato Oh, I don't know. But-but I'm happy now, here. Oh, I wish we could stay here.
Plato, where's your father now?
Plato Oh, he's dead. He was a hero in the China Sea.
You told me he was a big wheel in New York.
Plato I did? Aw, what's the difference. He might as well be dead anyway.
It's all right.
Plato Jim, do you think the end of the world will come at nighttime?
Uh, uh. At dawn.
