I've Got Your Number (1934)

Eugene Pallette: Flood

Quotes 

• Joe Flood : You're more trouble to me than a skin full of fleas.

  Terry Riley : Well, you oughta' know.

• Joe Flood : Some dame telephoned and said that you slapped her on the...

  Terry Riley : Oh, that, yeah.

  Joe Flood : Yeah, oh that, so what?

  Terry Riley : Oh, that was purely an accident.

  Joe Flood : How could it be an accident?

  Terry Riley : Oh, I was gonna slap her on the shoulder and she bent over.

• Terry Riley : A friend of mine, a girl, she needs a job. Was workin' at a hotel switchboard and I thought, maybe, well, you know, I thought maybe you could get her on here.

  Joe Flood : You're sure she's competent?

  Terry Riley : Oh, you bet she is! I knew you'd fix it up.

  Joe Flood : Well, I'm, maybe I could find a place for her.

  Terry Riley : Ah, that's swell, Joe!

  Joe Flood : Let me see. If I use a little pull, I could probably get her the right spot, you know. Somethin' easy.

  Terry Riley : Ah, that's great. I knew you'd figure it out.

  Joe Flood : Yeah, I could. If I wanted to.

  Terry Riley : Ah, thanks.

  Joe Flood : But I wouldn't give a friend of yours the right time!

  Terry Riley : What?

  Joe Flood : Anybody you know ought to be picked up as a suspicious character.

  Terry Riley : Hey, now lay off, Joe. You're not talkin' about a tramp.

  Joe Flood : Competent, huh? Well, I'll tell you the job I had in mind for her. Some place in a nut factory! Any dame that'd fall for you ain't competent. She's an imbecile!

• Joe Flood : He's no crook. He's just a plain sap!

• Joe Flood : You sure find yourself a gal. Yeah! You find a prize dame. Out of a million skirts, you gotta pick a itchy-fingered Molly.

• Joe Flood : You better find that floozy!

• Joe Flood : Why don't you run down and psy-che around with Bonnie for a little while.

• Joe Flood : Too bad you didn't miss the net. I personally would like to write your epitaph.

• Joe Flood : Anybody you know oughta be picked up as a suspicious character.

• Joe Flood : Any dame that'd fall for you, ain't competent. She's an imbecile.