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Guys and Dolls (film) Quotes

Guys and Dolls (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Guys and Dolls stopped airing in 1970.

It features Samuel Goldwyn as producer, Frank Loesser in charge of musical score, and Harry Stradling as head of cinematography.

Guys and Dolls (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Guys and Dolls (film) is 150 minutes long. Guys and Dolls (film) is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson, Regis Toomey as Arvide Abernathy, Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit, Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide, Johnny Silver as Benny Southstreet, Stubby Kaye as Nicely Nicely Johnson, B.S. Pully as Big Jule, Robert Keith as Lieutenant Brannigan, and Danny Dayton as Rusty Charlie.

Guys and Dolls (film) Quotes

B.S. Pully as Big Jule

  • (B.S. Pully) "Tell me, how long have you known the doll?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) "14 years."
  • (B.S. Pully) "Let's shoot crap."
  • (B.S. Pully) "Well, I used to be bad when I was a kid, but ever since then I've gone straight, as has been proved by my record: Thirty-three arrests and no convictions."

Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson

  • (Marlon Brando) "Do I give you a fair rundown?"
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "I wouldn't know. I've never had a rundown."
  • (Marlon Brando) "One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "That bacardi flavor, it certainly makes a difference, doesn't it?"
  • (Marlon Brando) "Oh, yeah. Nine times out of ten."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "You know, this would be a wonderful way to get children to drink milk."
  • (Marlon Brando) "All right. We'll lay it on the line. From now on we'll deal the hand open."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "Could you say that in English?"
  • (Marlon Brando) "Daddy, I got cider in my ear"
  • (Marlon Brando) "We have time to catch the last plane back to New York."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "People miss planes. It happens."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Yeah? It also happens that people win with loaded dice."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "I know what I'm doing."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Do you, kid?"
  • (Marlon Brando) "I don't."
  • (Marlon Brando) "For two weeks I gambled in green pastures. The dice were my cousins and the dolls were agreeable with nice teeth and no last names."
  • (Marlon Brando) "I am not putting the knock on dolls. It's just that they are something to have around only when they come in handy -- like cough drops."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "Apparently you're a successful gambler."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Is it wrong to gamble, or only to lose? I'd better come back for help when I'm broke."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "Please don't misunderstand. It's just so unusual for a successful sinner to be unhappy about sin."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Besides, my unhappiness came up very suddenly. Maybe it'll go away again."
  • (Regis Toomey) "We can keep you unhappy, son. Give us a chance."
  • (Marlon Brando) "You remember that tune pretty well."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "It keeps running through my heart."
  • (Marlon Brando) "It has words, you know."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "Something about "amor, amor" I'll bet."
  • (Marlon Brando) "It's about you. It's about you right now --"
  • (Marlon Brando) "Your eyes are the eyes of a woman in love --"
  • (Marlon Brando) "Well, that makes it necessary for me to stop in again. Matthew 5:39. Don't bother looking it up, it's the bit about the other cheek."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Figuring weight for age, all dolls are the same."
  • (Marlon Brando) ""There is no peace unto the wicked. Proverbs" This is wrong"
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "Let's just say it's a matter of opinion, shall we?"
  • (Marlon Brando) "I made a statement of fact. This is wrong."
  • (Sergeant Sarah Brown) "How dare you. Even if this is not a church, it is a mission. How dare you blaspheme."
  • (Marlon Brando) "How dare you misquote the Bible."
  • (Marlon Brando) "It is my understanding that the Constitution of the United States allows everybody the free choice between cheesecake and strudel."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Now, don't make a spectacle of yourself -- You are a United States citizen in a foreign country, have you no pride in what the rest of the world thinks about Americans?"
  • (Marlon Brando) "General, on behalf of the former sinners of the future I would like to protest the closing of this mission."

Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit

  • (Frank Sinatra) "I have been running the crap game since I was a juvenile delinquent."
  • (Vivian Blaine) "Speaking of chronic conditions, happy anniversary."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "As you can see, Big Jule, the boys are fatigued from weariness."
  • (B.S. Pully) "I don't care who's tired. I'm out 25 Gs. Nobody leaves."
  • (Danny Dayton) "I am half dead."
  • (Harry the Horse) "If you do not shut up, Big Jule will arrange the other half."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "Would you not agree that Mindy's cheesecake is the best cheesecake alive?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) ""IOU one thousand. Signed X." How can you write "one thousand" but not your signature?"
  • (B.S. Pully) "I was good in arithmetic but I stunk in English."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "Everybody in the whole world who hates me is now here."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "Still, you will admit that Mindy's cheesecake is the greatest alive."
  • (Marlon Brando) "Gladly. Furthermore, I am quite partial to Mindy's cheesecake."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "If a guy did not have a doll, who would holler on him?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) "Polka dots. In the whole world, only Nathan Detroit could blow a thousand bucks on polka dots."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "Take Adelaide to the Hot Box. In a cab."
  • (Vivian Blaine) "But it's only a couple of blocks."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "The streets are covered with tourists and I do not want you molested."
  • (Frank Sinatra) "Southstreet, give your testimony."
  • (Johnny Silver) "I plead the fifth commandment."

Regis Toomey as Arvide Abernathy

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Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide

  • (Vivian Blaine) "And what was that about?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) "His wife's having a baby."
  • (Vivian Blaine) "But why is he asking you?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) "He's nervous, it's his first wife."
  • (Vivian Blaine) "Nathan, no matter how terrible a fellow seems, you can never be sure that some girl won't go for him. Take us."

Johnny Silver as Benny Southstreet

  • (Johnny Silver) "But who's going to pay for it?"
  • (Vivian Blaine) "I am, of course."
  • (Johnny Silver) "I've always been a bad guy, and a bad gambler. From now on, I would like to be a good guy, and a good gambler. I thank you."

Stubby Kaye as Nicely Nicely Johnson

  • (Stubby Kaye) "Nicely, nicely."
  • (Marlon Brando) "I didn't ask how you are."
  • (Stubby Kaye) "Don't."
  • (Harry the Horse) "I just acquired five thousand fish."
  • (Stubby Kaye) "Five thousand? If it can be told, where did you take on this fine bundle of lettuce?"
  • (Harry the Horse) "I have nothing to hide. I collected the reward on my father."
  • (Johnny Silver) "It is an advantage to have a successful father. Nobody ever wanted my old man for as much as five hundred."

Robert Keith as Lieutenant Brannigan

  • (Robert Keith) "What brings all these senior delinquents together?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) "They got lonely. How am I supposed to know?"
  • (Robert Keith) "And why are they all wearing red carnations?"
  • (Frank Sinatra) "They are also all wearing pants."
  • (Robert Keith) "Where are you from, sir?"
  • (B.S. Pully) "East Cicero, Illinois."
  • (Robert Keith) "And what is your occupation?"
  • (B.S. Pully) "I'm a scoutmaster."
  • (Robert Keith) "Don't ever help my mother across the street."

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