The Return of Frank James (1940)

Henry Fonda: Frank James

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Quotes 

• Frank James : I can't talk without thinking, not being a lawyer.

• Frank James : Are you coming out or am I coming in?

• Preacher : Prepare for the vengeance of the Lord! The day of reckoning is mighty close and you'll catch a heapin' fire if you don't get to repentin' and get to it quick! Hellfire is awaitin' ya. Are you ready to meet your Maker?

  Frank James : I reckon so.

  Preacher : You willing to stand before the judgmency with a chaw of tobacco in your mouth? Lost souls, that's what you are! Black as sin! Black with iniquity! The light of the Lord ain't in any of ya! Do you ever think of salvation? Do you ever think of the kingdom? No! All you ever think of is your bellies... and your corn pone and you chitlins and your corn liquor. Ah, brother, how about a swig of that jug?

• Frank James : [Holding a gun]  Now lay there still. Don't let me hear a peep from ya!

  Dan Wilson : You won't hear nothing from me, brother. I wanna be around for breakfast!

• Frank James : Pinky never so much as even stole a chicken in his whole life!

• Prosecutor : You say you didn't kill the watchman Wilson?

  Frank James : Had no reason to.

  Prosecutor : You always need a reason for killing?

  Frank James : [annoyed]  Don't you?

  Prosecutor : [curtly]  I am not on trial! Your accomplice could've shot Wilson.

  Frank James : Yeeeeah... could have...

  Prosecutor : Ahhh...!

  Frank James : ...but he didn't. Shot from the outside got Wilson.

  Prosecutor : I suggest that you *caused* the death of the watchman... either directly, or by using him as a shield in making your escape!

  Frank James : Can't arrest ya for suggestin' but 'tain't so.

  Prosecutor : Tell me... just where *was* the watchman Wilson when he was hit?

  Frank James : Well, lemme see, I think he...

  Prosecutor : [interrupts loudly]  Never mind what you think, where was he?

  Frank James : [brief chuckle]  Sorry, I can't talk without thinkin', not bein' a lawyer.

  [uproarious laughter from spectators, including the judge]