Congo Maisie (1940)

J.M. Kerrigan: Captain Finch

Quotes 

• Captain Finch : Now, you've got it easy. You're behind that face. But, brother, from the front, it's terrible!

• Captain Finch : Everything according to the regulations, Doc.

  Dr. Michael Shane : Don't call me Doc!

• Captain Finch : Say, you know, a blonde on board wouldn't be hard to take, at that. Eh, Mr. Shane? Only, I finished last, with you along.

• Captain Finch : Say, you're the blonde Snell was looking for.

  Maisie Ravier : Yeah, Mastermind, that's right.

  Captain Finch : Well, you come with me. You're a stole-away.

  Maisie Ravier : What are you gonna do? Slap me in irons?

  Captain Finch : I could. It's the law.

  Maisie Ravier : Okay, make 'em size 12.

  Captain Finch : All right, come on, Sister.

• Captain Finch : Let's talk this over in a friendly way.

  Maisie Ravier : Stand aside, buster! I got a right cross that's known from Zanzibar to the Gold Coast. If I'm riled, I'm liable to use it.

  Captain Finch : Oh, hard to get, eh?

  Maisie Ravier : No, Captain. Impossible!

• Captain Finch : Jallah, chop. Quick, quick.

  Jallah : All at once. All at once.

• Captain Finch : Say, you know that blonde? I turned her out.

  Dr. Michael Shane : Yeah, I'd like to hear her side of the story.

• Dr. Michael Shane : Give me a life boat and a couple of the boys and I'll go up river to the rubber company's landing.

  Captain Finch : I can't let you take the boys, Mr. Shane. I need every hand I got.

  Maisie Ravier : I've never been strong for rowing since an experience I had once on a lake in Central Park.

• Captain Finch : If there was a blonde on board, would I be out here talkin' to you?

• Captain Finch : And don't ever offer anybody money like that - in the presence of witnesses.

• Captain Finch : [talking the the irate hotel owner who's looking for Maisie]  Brother, you have it easy. You're behind that face. But, brother, from the front it is terrible!