Mr. Lucky (1943)
Cary Grant: Joe Adams posing as Joe Bascopolous
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Quotes
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : [to Crunk] Never give a sucker an even break and always keep an eye on your pals.
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : You don't belong with a grifter like me. You just got some mud on your dress, that's all. Give it time, let it dry. It'll brush off.
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Now watch this.
[rolls dice]
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Seven.
Captain Veronica Steadman : How do you do it?
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Influence. You bring me the right people, I'll get you that hundred thousand.
Captain Veronica Steadman : But it's gambling!
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Not the way I do it.
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Never Give a sucker an even break. But don't cheat a friend. I believe in that, I live by it. You don't think I'd play phony with you, well, you lost.
Captain Veronica Steadman : Oh but I didn't know the rules of the game.
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : [Calling to handyman after slot machine pays off] Hey, Blubber! Fix this thing!
Blubber : Something wrong, boss?
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : It pays!
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : You don't mind if I double-cross myself, do you?
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Hard Swede : [as Joe enters the car] Where did you get hat butt?
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : [Smoking with an abdominal bullet wound] Well, i promoted it off a guy.
Hard Swede : One cough out of you, and you'll fill this seat with oatmeal.
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Dorothy Bryant : Have you ever killed anybody?
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : I'm too good a shot
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : [to Dorothy] You bring me the right people; I'll get you that hundred thousand.
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Dorothy Bryant : But it's gambling!
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : [smiling] Not the way I do it.
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Well, now this is quite a surprise!
Dorothy Bryant : Not particularly. It so happens I rather expected it. And if you think your persistence is going to have any effect on me, you're mistaken.
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Well, I can't see how you people can pass up $80,000 for the cause.
Dorothy Bryant : For whose cause? If you're so interested in serving your cause, why don't you join the Army?
Blood Bank Nurse : Next, please!
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Oh...
[produces draft card]
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : 4F.
Dorothy Bryant : You look 1A to me.
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Hey, you don't look too bad yourself!
[He chuckle, she stares, he lets out awkward groan]
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Well, it's my arteries.
Blood Bank Nurse : Right this way...
Dorothy Bryant : Well, should you be giving blood?
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Oh, well... my blood's 1A, just my arteries are 4F.
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Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : [as they're waiting in line to donate blood] Here I am giving my life's blood, and she don't trust my motives.
Dorothy Bryant : The person who gets your life's blood will probably develop a sudden passion for the "dump" shot.
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous : Yeah, and the poor soldier that gets *your* blood, they can use him for an ice cube!
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Joe Adams -posing as Joe Bascopolous : I don't know what to make of a dame like you.
Dorothy Bryant : Neither do I.