The Racket (1928 film) Quotes

The Racket (1928 film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Racket ended in 1970.

It features Howard Hughes as producer, and Tony Gaudio as head of cinematography.

The Racket (1928 film) is recorded in Silent film; English language intertitles and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Racket (1928 film) is 84 minutes long. The Racket (1928 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Marie Prevost as Helen Hayes, Louis Wolheim as Nick Scarsi, Henry Sedley as Spike, Louis Wolheim as Joe Scarsi, and Lee Moran as Pratt.

The Racket (1928 film) Quotes

Louis Wolheim as Nick Scarsi

• (Louis Wolheim) "I'll show you what it means to fool around with me."
• (District Attorney Welch) "Who'd believe you?"
• (Louis Wolheim) "I've got everything on paper; - ready for a double-cross by you. How you made that high hat grand jury fold up last month -- How the Old Man had that kid in the Treasurer's Office accidentally killed by a train. Who do you suppose I pay for the breweries I own? Who do you suppose I pay for the alcohol I get? I'll talk your whole rotten Organization into suicide."

• (Louis Wolheim) "Beat it."

• (Louis Wolheim) "Are you trying to frame me ?"
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "In purple satin, under glass."

• (Louis Wolheim) "Did you imagine I'd let any lousy politicians, who'd knock their own mothers over the head for a vote, tell me what to do?"

• (Louis Wolheim) "Are there going to be any women at the party?"
• (Louis Wolheim) "No women. Women are poison to me."

• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "This is the last murder you'll ever get away with in my district. I'm going to drive you out."
• (Louis Wolheim) "I've given you lots of chances; but you're just a dumb harp. So you're going out."

• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "This time; it's a horse on you."
• (Louis Wolheim) "Maybe."

• (Chick) "What about McQuigg?"
• (Louis Wolheim) "Leave that copper to me."

• (Louis Wolheim) "Hello, Mac."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "Hello, Nick."
• (Louis Wolheim) "Take a tip, Mac -- change your racket."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "I like my racket -- and I haven't shot yet."

• (Louis Wolheim) "I sent my driver in here to see that Hayes girl -- Did he do something wrong?"
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "I thought he was in the pen for some bank job."
• (Louis Wolheim) "He must've got paroled."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "Yeh -- A lot do, since they equipped that penitentiary with revolving doors."

Marie Prevost as Helen Hayes

• (Patrolman Johnson) "That's the dame he walked -- She saw the accident."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "How did it happen?"
• (Marie Prevost) "Sorry, Policeman, but I'm tongue-tied."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "Put her downstairs with the other ladies -- She'll talk."

• (Cub Reporter Ames) "I told you not to look after me -- Why did you do it?"
• (Marie Prevost) "Because; -- because you affect me like a mammy song."

• (Marie Prevost) "So it's dog eat dog to the last ditch, eh, Captain?"
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
• (Marie Prevost) "You and me both, Policeman."

• (Cub Reporter Ames) "Oh.; hello."
• (Marie Prevost) "Didn't your mother tell you not to speak to strange ladies?"
• (Cub Reporter Ames) "Don't think I'm fresh, but I feel I know you. I heard you sing."

• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "Left flat.; - And you thought Joe was going to marry you. And you're afraid to talk. Yellow; for fear of a couple of bragging punks."
• (Marie Prevost) "You're a liar."

• (Marie Prevost) "He called me a gold digger. Well, I'll dig; and dig deep."

• (Marie Prevost) "So you're Scarsi, the Awful; - afraid of women, but death on kids. Nobody ought to be afraid of you -- Not when you had to slug this baby."
• (Louis Wolheim) "What'd he get in my way for?"
• (Marie Prevost) "There's your confession."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "All of which proves that women are still poison to you."

• (Marie Prevost) "You can get away with murder, but you can't pull that stuff on me."
• (Louis Wolheim) "Lay off this kid, you dirty little gold digger. He's not in the racket; and he's not going to be."

Lee Moran as Pratt

• (Chick) "Mr. Scarsi is attending Mr. Spike Corcoran's funeral."
• (Lee Moran) "First he plugs 'em, then he plants 'em."

• (Lee Moran) "Captain, you've got to talk; we need a story."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "Start another anti-smoking campaign."

• (Lee Moran) "No wonder Nick says women are poison to him."
• (Police Captain James McQuigg) "This one may be dynamite."

• (Lee Moran) "You'd better cut that booze."
• (Miller) "It's cut plenty before I get it."

• (Lee Moran) "So, if you don't get Scarsi before Tuesday, the Organization wins the election; and Nick stays in power."

Henry Sedley as Spike

• (Henry Sedley) "I warned you Scarsi rats to keep out of here."

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