Other Titles • Only Angels Have Wings • Plane No. 4 (1939) • - Only Angels Have Wings (1939) • Feuer an Bord! (1950) • Flugpioniere in Not (1950) • SOS Feuer an Bord (1950)
Quotes from Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
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Bonnie Lee: I know, I know, you'd never ask any woman to do anything.
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Bonnie Lee: They must love it. Flying, I mean. Sparks, radioman: Why do you think they come down to this kind of a place? Bonnie Lee: It's like being in love with a buzz saw. Sparks, radioman: Not much future in it. Bonnie Lee: What is there about it that gets them? Sparks, radioman: I'm not a flier myself. Hey, you'd better ask the Kid. Miss Lee. Mr. Dabb. Bonnie Lee: How'd you do? Sparks, radioman: She wants to know why you like flying. Kid Dabb: I've been in it 22 years, Miss Lee. I couldn't give you an answer that would make any sense. What's so funny about that? Bonnie Lee: That's what my dad used to say. Kid Dabb: Flier? Bonnie Lee: No, trapeze. High stuff. He wouldn't use a net. Sparks, radioman: Not much future in that, either. Bonnie Lee: Yes. We found that out.
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Bonnie Lee: What was she like, anyway? Geoff Carter: Who? Bonnie Lee: That girl that made you act the way you do. Geoff Carter: A whole lot like you. Just as nice, almost as smart. Bonnie Lee: Chorus girl? Geoff Carter: Only by temperament.
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Les Peters: [the other fliers won't drink with McPherson] Do you mind, Elena? We're going to move. Coming Geoff? Geoff Carter: No, this is good enough for me. Bat Kilgallen - MacPherson: Not so particular, huh? Geoff Carter: I don't think even *you* can spoil good liquor.
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Kid Dabb: The boat doesn't stop at Santa Maria this trip. Geoff Carter: Why not? Kid Dabb: They have no bananas. Geoff Carter: They have no bananas? Kid Dabb: Yes, they have no bananas.
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Geoff Carter: You got the job. Bat Kilgallen - MacPherson: Maybe I ought you pat you on the back. Geoff Carter: You don't have to. Just do what I tell you to do. Bat Kilgallen - MacPherson: You mean anything that's a little too tough for somebody else, huh? Geoff Carter: Yeah, that's about it. Look, fella, I'm knee-deep in friends around here, but you're one guy I can send out in any kind of weather on any kind of job, and only worry about the ship getting back. Bat Kilgallen - MacPherson: I see. Geoff Carter: On those terms, you still want the job? Bat Kilgallen - MacPherson: I don't know any other way I'd want it.
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Bonnie Lee: Say, isn't that girl the one he used to be in love with? Kid Dabb: Bonnie, when it rains, every third drop falls on one of them.
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Kid Dabb: [watching Geoff try to land a damaged plane] He's gonna try to land! Mike: He can't make it. Les Peters: Not with that tail all smashed up. Not in a million years. Kid Dabb: Get set for the crash, Mike! Bonnie Lee: Why doesn't he jump? Kid Dabb: Why? Why should he? He's made of rubber, he is. He wants to hit the ground to see how high he can bounce!
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Bonnie Lee: You love him, don't you, Kid? Kid Dabb: Yes, I guess I do. Bonnie Lee: Why can't I love him the way you do? Why couldn't I sneer when he tries to kill himself, feel proud when he doesn't? Why couldn't I be there to meet him when he gets back? Why couldn't I... What do you do when he doesn't come back when you expect him to? Kid Dabb: I go nuts. Bonnie Lee: Gee whiz, you're a great help.
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Sparks: He was quoting Shakespeare, "Henry the 4th" I think, he said. "We owe God a death, if we pay it today, then we don't owe it tomorrow". Bat Kilgallen: He's no fool.
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Geoff Carter: How about a light? Bonnie Lee: [giving him matches] Isn't it about time you started carrying some of those?
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Geoff Carter: Tell you what, I'll toss a coin, heads you stay, tails you go.
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John 'Dutchy' Van Reiter: Say, who's running this airline? Geoff Carter: I am. John 'Dutchy' Van Reiter: Sometimes, you forget that.
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Geoff Carter: Did you ever hear of the word "trust"? Judith 'Judy' MacPherson: I did once, but I forgot it.
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Bonnie Lee: I'm hard to get, Geoff. All you have to do is ask me.
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Geoff Carter: Got a match? Bonnie Lee: Say, don't you ever have any? Geoff Carter: No - don't believe in laying in a supply of anything. [she hands him a match] Geoff Carter: Thanks. Bonnie Lee: Matches, marbles, money or women, huh? Geoff Carter: That's right. Bonnie Lee: No looking ahead; no tomorrows; just today. Geoff Carter: That's right.
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