Torrid Zone (1940)

Pat O'Brien: Steve Case

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• Mr. Steve Case : [walking in while Lee and Nick are kissing]  Necking like a couple of high school kids!

  Lee Donley : [wisecracking]  You interrupted a post-graduate course.

• Lee Donley : I know you. You're the kid who used to tie firecrackers on dog's tails.

  Steve Case : Yeah, and I just did it again.

• Wally Davis : It wasn't Nick's fault about that ex-wife of yours. He kept telling you she was no good.

  Steve Case : He didn't have to prove it personally.

  Wally Davis : Oh, but he did it for your sake, Steve.

• Steve Case : Where is this lace-panty job of yours?

• Mr. Steve Case : [to the engineer of an overdue train]  How'd you come? By way of Jersey City?

• Mr. Steve Case : He's on the Arturo bound for the States with my dough. I hope he goes to Halifax!

• Mr. Steve Case : [after hearing Rosario has escaped]  Don't tell me that Donley dame had her mob down here there and rescued her too?

  Police Chief Juan Rodriguez : Oh, she's safe under key and lock.

  Mr. Steve Case : She better be, and she's out of town on that boat, or you'll be on the next one, medals and all!

  Police Chief Juan Rodriguez : Mr. Case, I must remind you I was elected by the people.

  Mr. Steve Case : Yes, and they're finally wise to you. Bet those brass buttons the next time they go to the polls, they'll throw you right out of office.

  Police Chief Juan Rodriguez : Mr. Case, I don't believe in a Third Term.

• Steve Case : Where do you think you're going?

  Lee Donley : New York. Maybe, Chicago.

  Nick Butler : Make it New York.

  Gloria Anderson : But, Nick, aren't you going to Chicago?

  Nick Butler : Sure.

  Gloria Anderson : Oh, I get it!

  [looking at Lee] 

  Gloria Anderson : You finally stepped down to your own level!

  Lee Donley : That's still about three floors above you.

• Police Chief Juan Rodriguez : Mr. Case, we did not shoot Rosario.

  Wally Davis : You didn't shoot him? Why not?

  Police Chief Juan Rodriguez : Because he... he escaped.

  Wally Davis : Well, that's a good reason.

  Mr. Steve Case : Whoever made you Chief of Police - you can't handle a simple job like shooting a man.

  Police Chief Juan Rodriguez : Mr. Case, Rosario's men stormed the jail yard - 18, maybe 20 of them. But don't worry, I have clues. I shall capture him again, easily, within several months.

  Wally Davis : Why don't you wait till he dies of old age.

• Lee Donley : What's the big idea of giving me the hustle?

  Steve Case : We don't want American girls entertaining in Puerto Aguilar. It causes trouble.

  Lee Donley : Look, Mister, you got me wrong. I can handle these sun-kissed Romeos. All I wanna do is earn a few bucks and I'll be on my way.

  Steve Case : You're on your way right now.

• Steve Case : You chumps can't figure when a dame is giving you a fast shuffle?

• Wally Davis : I don't see Nick.

  Steve Case : Probably playing tag with some dame.

  Wally Davis : Well, there ain't no law against that, is there?

  Steve Case : The way he plays it, there is.

• Steve Case : Looks like you're on your way, sister.

  Lee Donley : All right, Case. This time, you have the winning hand. But don't forget, Cutie, comes a new deal and I might have the cards.

  Steve Case : Sure, if you deal them, you will. So long, babe.

  Lee Donley : Come on, boys. We're in bad company.

• Steve Case : What about that train?

  Gardner : Well, it left the plantation six hours ago.

  Steve Case : Six hours ago? Seventy-eight miles and hear they left six hours ago? I could make better time with a pogo stick.

• Steve Case : Collect radiograms are never important. They're always sent by chiselers.

• Steve Case : Why, that flea-bitten Casanova and his corny gag. Here, file that.

  Sam : Yes, sir.

  Steve Case : In the wastebasket.

• Steve Case : That gilt-edged chiseler!

  Wally Davis : Well, maybe so. He's the best man we ever had around here.

  Steve Case : Well, that's no recommendation.

• Bob Anderson : Look, Mr. Case, it took the natives that long to load the train. I tried to hurry them.

  Steve Case : Well, stop drooling. Nick Butler used to hurry 'em. Kick them around or they'll kick you around.

• Steve Case : [on the phone with the Chief of Police]  Quit pampering that hoodlum. Take him out and shoot him today.

  Rodriguez : But, Señor, it is not sunrise... Sí, Señor, there is no law about sunrise. It is just a custom. After a good night's sleep, a man doesn't mind being shot. But during siesta... All right, all right, sí, Señor. We give him a permanent siesta. We shoot him right away.

• Nick Butler : How's my successor in number seven gettin' on?

  Steve Case : Who, Anderson? Oh, he turned out great. A real scientific fruit-grower.

  Nick Butler : Scientific, huh? I suppose by now, he's growing bananas with zippers on 'em.

• Steve Case : Nick, you're lookin' swell.

  Nick Butler : Oh, Look at the Captain of the all-American rat team. You know, Sweetheart, I ought to belt you right in the puss for sending me down that swamp.

• Steve Case : Can you figure a beautiful girl like her staying married to a dope like that?

• Steve Case : I did my best to hold you, but I know when I'm licked.

• Steve Case : Shut up and start groaning.

  Lee Donley : Oh! Oh!