His Girl Friday (1940)

Clarence Kolb: Mayor

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Quotes 

• Sheriff Hartwell : Aiding an escaped criminal and a little charge of kidnapping.

  Fred, the Mayor : Well, looks like about ten years a piece for you two birds.

  Walter Burns : Does it?

  [unimpressed] 

  Hildy Johnson : If you think you've got The Morning Post licked it's time for you to get out of town.

  Fred, the Mayor : Whistling in the dark. Well that isn't going to help you this time. You're through.

  Walter Burns : Listen the last man that said that to me was Archie Leach just a week before he cut his throat.

• Endicott : Is there any truth in the report that you're on Stalin's payroll?

  McCue, reporter : Yeah, the Senator claims you sleep in Red underwear.

  Fred, the Mayor : Never mind the jokes. Don't forget I'm the Mayor of this town!

• [Joe brings a reprieve for Earl Williams from the governor] 

  Fred, the Mayor : Who else was there when he gave you this?

  Joe Pettibone : Nobody. He was out fishing.

  Fred, the Mayor : [to Sheriff Hartwell]  Get the Governor on the phone.

  Joe Pettibone : No, he's not there. He's out duck shooting.

  Fred, the Mayor : The blasted nimrod... fishing, duck shooting! A guy who's done nothing for the last forty years but play pinochle gets elected governor and right away he thinks he's a Tarzan!

• Fred, the Mayor : It frightens me to think of what I'd like to do to you.

• Fred, the Mayor : [With Hildy and Walter in handcuffs the Mayor is threatening them with jailtime]  It looks like about 10 years for you jailbirds.

  Walter Burns : Does it?

  Hildy Johnson : When it looks like you've got the Morning Post licked it's time for you to get out of town.

  Fred, the Mayor : Whistling in the dark. That's not going to help you this time. You're through.

  Walter Burns : Listen. The last man to say that to me was Archie Leach just the week before he cut his throat.

• Fred, the Mayor : Now, remember, you never delivered this.

  Joe Pettibone : Yes, I did.

  Fred, the Mayor : No, you didn't. You got caught in the traffic or something.

  Joe Pettibone : No, I came around the...

  Fred, the Mayor : Well, pretend you did. Now, get out of here and don't let anybody see you.