Father Goose (1964)
Leslie Caron: Catherine
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Quotes
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[catching a fish barehanded. A fish swims toward them]
Walter Eckland : [In a hushed voice] Hey, here she comes again.
Catherine Freneau : How do you know it's a "she"?
Walter Eckland : Her mouth is open, now be quiet.
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Catherine Freneau : [Eckland has sucked the "poison" from Catherine's "snakebite"] Tell me, I would like to know - what did my blood taste like?
Walter Eckland : Delicious. Now come on.
[he tries to take her coconut full of whiskey]
Catherine Freneau : No, no, no, I'm serious. What did it taste like?
Walter Eckland : Well how would I know? I'm not a vampire,
Catherine Freneau : Um, was it salty?
Walter Eckland : Mmm, a little salty, yes.
Catherine Freneau : Too salty?
Walter Eckland : No, it was just right.
Catherine Freneau : Oh, no! You thought it was too salty, I can tell! You didn't like it!
[she seems on the verge of crying]
Walter Eckland : I liked it!
Catherine Freneau : Oh, really?
Walter Eckland : Uh-huh, I liked it!
Catherine Freneau : You're not just saying that?
Walter Eckland : Great blood!
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Catherine Freneau : Do you have a boat?
Walter Eckland : No. I walked.
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Catherine Freneau : Look at their clothes.
Walter Eckland : They're my clothes.
Catherine Freneau : But they're filthy.
Walter Eckland : No, they're dirty, I'm filthy.
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Catherine Freneau : How in English do you say "parachute"?
Walter Eckland : Uh... Parachute.
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Catherine Freneau : I have an infuriating lack of talent for doing simple things.
Walter Eckland : You probably don't do them right, that's why.
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Catherine Freneau : [Jenny hands Walter a whiskey bottle] Jenny!
Walter Eckland : Why, how strange!
Jenny : What?
Walter Eckland : That you should bring me this.
Jenny : I've done it before.
Walter Eckland : No you haven't.
Jenny : Yes I have.
Walter Eckland : Shut up.
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Commander Frank Houghton RAN : There's a bit of paperwork to fill out, Walter. Who's the Maid of Honor?
Catherine Freneau : Umm, Elizabeth Anderson.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN : And the Best Man?
Walter Eckland : Uh, Harry MacGregor.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN : Harry?
Walter Eckland : Just believe me.
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[Walter is about to go do something very dangerous]
Catherine Freneau : Walter! I look awful in black.
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Catherine Freneau : I'm a... a picture straightener.
Walter Eckland : You're a what?
Catherine Freneau : A picture straightener.
Walter Eckland : Oh.
Catherine Freneau : When I see a picture on a wall that doesn't hang straightly, I straighten it.
Walter Eckland : Oh, you do that.
Catherine Freneau : And I brush my teeth every morning and every night.
Catherine Freneau : And if I don't have a toothbrush...
Catherine Freneau : [Demonstrating] ... I use my finger.
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Catherine Freneau : Where is your boat?
Walter Eckland : [Indicating the dinghy] It's right there, lady. If you spit, you'd sink it.
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Catherine Freneau : Mr Eckland is a rude, foul-mouthed, drunken, filthy beast!
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Catherine Freneau : Mr. Eckland, please keep the boat quiet; the girls are extremely frightened.
Walter Eckland : Will you shut up, lady?
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Walter Eckland : [to the French girls] You two get in the bottom of the boat.
[pause]
Walter Eckland : Get in the bottom of the boat!
Catherine Freneau : They don't understand English.
Walter Eckland : Sure they do.
[puts them in the boat]
Walter Eckland : See?
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Girl : We're sinking!
Walter Eckland : Well don't just sit there, dammit, start bailing!
Catherine Freneau : Mr. Eckland, your language!
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Commander Frank Houghton RAN : Bride's full name?
Catherine Freneau : Catherine Louise Marie Ernestine Freneau.
Walter Eckland : [Gives Catherine a strange look] Eh!
Commander Frank Houghton RAN : Groom's full name?
Walter Eckland : Walter Christopher Eckland.