Humphrey Bogart credited as playing...
George Hally
- George Halley: [the men are taking cover in a bombed-out farmhouse, shooting at German soldiers somewhere off-screen. Lloyd takes aim at a German soldier, but hesitates, then lowers his rifle] Whatsa' matta', "Harvard," did you lose the Heine?
- Lloyd Hart: No... but he looks like a kid, about 15 years old.
- George Halley: -
- [Aims his rifle and without any hesitation shoots the young German soldier]
- George Halley: He won't be sixteen.
- [Seconds later, a fellow soldier rushes in to tell them the war is over, the Armistice has been signed]
- Eddie Bartlett: I trust my friends.
- [Walks off]
- George Halley: That guys a sucker. I don't trust any of my friends.
- Panama Smith: The feeling's mutual, George. They don't trust you either.
- George Halley: [Yet another soldier has dived into the shell hole for cover] There's ten thousand shell holes around here and everybody's gotta' come divin' into this one.
- George Halley: [Referring to The Sergeant, who rides roughshod over the men] Someday I'm gonna' catch that ape without his stripes on and I'm gonna' kick his teeth out.
- Eddie Bartlett: [Mockingly looking George up and down] You must be quite a guy back home.
- George Halley: [Shrugs nonchalantly] I do all right.
- George Halley: [In the shell hole, battle raging overhead] What's a matta' kid? Ya' scared?
- Lloyd Hart: Yes I am.
- George Halley: [Chuckles unsympathetically] No heart, huh?
- Lloyd Hart: I'm beginning to think so. At least I haven't got any heart for this. I thought this business would be over with before I got here.
- George Halley: What, are you a college kid?
- Lloyd Hart: I just finished law school.
- Eddie Bartlett: Oh, a lawyer, huh? Can you think of anything that can get us out of this hole?
- George Halley: Aw, he wouldn't if he could. He's one of them guys that cheer the loudest back home, and then when they get over here and the goin' gets tough they fold up.
- Eddie Bartlett: [Annoyed] Shut up...
- George Halley: I'm talkin' to him...
- Eddie Bartlett: [Talking to George] And I'm talkin' to YOU. I don't like heroes or big mouths. We're all scared, and why shouldn't we be? Whaddya' think they're usin' in this war, water pistols?
- Eddie Bartlett: [Talking to Lloyd] You're all right, kid. I like guys who are honest with themselves. Stay that way.
- Eddie Bartlett: [the shelling around them has died down] Come on. It looks like it's quieted down.
- [the three men make their way out of the shell hole]
- George Halley: [while running across the battlefield ablaze with an artillery barrage in progress, Eddie has just dived into a gaping shell hole for cover. He practically lands on top of another soldier who is already in the crater] Now, do you always come into a rat hole like that?
- Eddie Bartlett: What do you want me to do, knock?
- George Halley: [In the shell hole: Eddie offers a cigarette to George. He in turn takes it, and then picks out bugs that apparently infest everything] Ah, look at that. Them cooties are gettin' desperate: they're feedin' off tobacco.
- Eddie Bartlett: How much can a cootie smoke?
- George Halley: You must've been readin' about Napoleon.
- Eddie Bartlett: What's botherin' you?
- George Halley: First, you used to ask me about things, then you began to tell me, now you ignore me. My feelin's is gettin' hurt.
- Eddie Bartlett: Oh, my poor delicate little rose bud. Ain't that a shame. Just as long as your bank roll ain't hurtin', you got nothing to squawk about.
- Eddie Bartlett: If I wanna buy 10,000 cabs, I'll buy 'em. Besides, they're a good front. Maybe something to fall back on in my old age.
- George Halley: In this business, you shouldn't worry about your old age.
- Eddie Bartlett: You always said you were going to take real good care of me, didn't you George?
- George Halley: Wait a minute Eddie, I can explain!
- Eddie Bartlett: Here's one rap you ain't gonna beat!
- [fires twice]
- The Sergeant: When you get an order in the army, buddy, you jump!
- George Halley: You mean like you did when you worked for my old man and he caught you stealin' nickels?
- The Sergeant: I ain't workin' for him now and I ain't workin' for you.
- George Halley: Yeah well you might be. I'm gonna give you a break. I'm gonna let you stand behind the bar with all your medals on and tell all the drunks how you won the war.
- Eddie Bartlett: Someday that heater of yours will blast you right into the hot seat.
- George Halley: Well, if it does, you'll be sitting right in my lap.
- George Halley: Listen, gals like her go for guys like that. You know, with all that Joe College stuff. He's gonna take her to football games, fraternity dances. All that rah-rah stuff. A kid like him can't miss.
- George Halley: What do you say?
- Eddie Bartlett: I don't trust you, George.
- George Halley: You could stand a little watching yourself.
- Eddie Bartlett: That sounds like a pretty good basis for a partnership. You're on, it's a deal.
- Eddie Bartlett: I trust my friends.
- [exits]
- George Halley: You know, he's a sucker. I don't trust mine.
- Panama Smith: It's mutual, chump. They don't trust you, either.