The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Bob Hope: Sidney Milburn - aka The Lemon Drop Kid

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Quotes 

• Sidney Melbourne : Santy Claus don't drink.

  Gloomy Willie : Oh, no? Well, how come he's always falling down chimleys?

• Gloomy Willie : What's a cow doing inside a house?

  Sidney Melbourne : Milton Berle is on tonight.

• Sidney Melbourne : We need a cow, huh? Who do you think you are, Hopalong Cassidy?

• 'Brainey' Baxter : One for the road?

  Sidney Melbourne : OK, but drive carefully - man at work.

  [they kiss] 

  Sidney Melbourne : They'll never freeze that stuff.

• 'Brainey' Baxter : You're late, Kid.

  Sidney Melbourne : Well, I came over as soon as I hit town.

  'Brainey' Baxter : Six months late. You left with my coat. You were going to pawn it for me. I waited for you to come back.

  Sidney Melbourne : Well, it's like this. I was on my way back with your money right in my hand. All at once, I heard about a big deal in Florida. Well, I figured you won't need a fur coat in Florida.

  'Brainey' Baxter : You went to Florida. I stayed here.

• Sidney Melbourne : There's a horse named Wedding Ceremony that wins in the second race. Wedding Ceremony! That's a hunch. Could mean nobody but you and I.

  'Brainey' Baxter : Now look, Kid. I remember how you operate. No holds barred. Now let's not talk about a wedding ceremony unless you're on the level.

  Sidney Melbourne : Oh, I don't blame you for not trusting me, Brainy. Sometimes I have days where I don't trust me.

• John (policeman) : Your Honor, that's the Lemon Drop Kid. The Lemon Drop Kid was collecting money for charity without a license.

  Judge Wilkinson : What charity?

  John (policeman) : His own, Your Honor.

  Judge Wilkinson : [to Sidney]  What do you plead?

  Sidney Melbourne : Well, Your Honor, I would like to ask for a postponement of this case until January the 1st when my attorney returns from Washington.

  Judge Wilkinson : Washington?

  Sidney Melbourne : Yeah, he's down there trying to fix a parking ticket for President Truman.

• Sidney Melbourne : Listen Ox, I owe Moose Moran ten grand. Either he gets it Christmas Eve or I get it Christmas morning. Lend me the dough, will ya? You know what Moose'll do. I'll wind up in the river with a cement bathing suit.

  Oxford Charlie : I'll supply the cement!

• Sidney Melbourne : That judge didn't look honest to me.

  Henry Regan : For 18 years he's been a member of the bar.

  Sidney Melbourne : That's what I mean. Drinking on duty.

• Gloomy Willie : [as Nell leaves the police station]  Hi, Nell. How does it feel to be out?

  Nellie Thursday : Cold!

  Sidney Melbourne : Aw, fine. We got a hot car waitin' for ya.

• 'Brainey' Baxter : What'll we use for money?

  Sidney Melbourne : Don't worry, honey. I'll hock the silverware.

• Sidney Melbourne : You know this is where young dolls become old dolls.

  'Brainey' Baxter : Fine, I'll order a rocking chair.

  Sidney Melbourne : Make it a two seater, huh?

  [They kiss] 

• Sidney Melbourne : [a cow walks through the front doors and moos]  Quiet, Crosby.

• Nellie Thursday : Kid.

  Sidney Melbourne : Yeah.

  Nellie Thursday : Something's bothering me.

  Sidney Melbourne : Yeah? What?

  Nellie Thursday : Well, everything's been moving so fast, I just started thinking. Kid, are you sure that Moose Moran turned this place over to us?

  Sidney Melbourne : Sure, he did. Now you let me do all the worrying, will ya?

  Nellie Thursday : Well, it's just that Moose never struck me as being generous.

  'Brainey' Baxter : You can't tell about people, Nellie. Some of the bad ones are good inside and some of the good ones are bad inside.