Killer McCoy (1947)

Mickey Rooney: Tommy McCoy, Killer McCoy

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• Brian McCoy : Aw, Tommy, this'll be a lesson to me. I'll never do it again. I give you my sacred word of honor.

  Tommy McCoy : This is the payoff. We signed for Dominic and we have to draw Johnny Martin. And now you have to blow a good part of the purse we haven't even got yet. I ought to let you take the rap for this.

  Brian McCoy : Aw, but you wouldn't do that, your own father?

  Happy : Six hundred for what? You can bury him for fifty.

• Mrs. Laura McCoy : [Referring to her husband]  Tommy, he belongs to us. We must be patient and look after him.

  Tommy McCoy : But who's gonna look after you, ma?

• Sheila Carrson : What are you trying to say, Tommy?

  Tommy McCoy : Just this. I don't want a girl like you going around with a pug that never went past the seventh grade. I just don't fit in here, Sheila.

  Sheila Carrson : Neither do I.

  Tommy McCoy : Why not?

  Sheila Carrson : Haven't you ever been lonesome? Really lonesome?

  Tommy McCoy : Yeah, sure. Most of the time, I guess.

  Sheila Carrson : I don't think you know the kind of lonesomeness I mean. When you haven't got anybody you can trust with a secret that might hurt you. When you're in a room full of people and you suddenly realize that you don't belong there at all. That you don't belong any place. That you haven't got any place that's honestly yours. No one that you can really confide in.

  Tommy McCoy : Yeah, I know what you mean.

  Sheila Carrson : No, you don't.

• Tommy McCoy : You sold my contract to Jim Caighn, didn't ya?

  Brian McCoy : Well, not exactly. I made a bargain...

  Tommy McCoy : Sold me for ready cash, didn't ya?

  Brian McCoy : But Caighn wanted his money! He's got a lot ridin' on...

  Tommy McCoy : You done alright for yourself, haven't ya, with your booze and your bookmakers? First of all, you ruined mother's life and let her die all alone. Then you change yourself into somethin' I want to duck every time I see it comin'. Aw, what was your idea havin' a kid anyway? Just to have somethin' around to sucker a ready case?

  Brian McCoy : Now, Tom...

  Tommy McCoy : Now get this straight, the hayride's over, you understand? After what I done to Johnny Martin tonight, I'm washed up done with this whole rotten racket. So you better figure out what to tell your gambling pals when I show up missin'.

• Tommy McCoy : Where do you live, baby?

  Arlene - Waitress : 86th Street.

  Tommy McCoy : 86th Street, huh? You're not on the verge of being evicted, are you?

  Arlene - Waitress : Why, no! What do you mean?

  Tommy McCoy : Well, I mean, some girls are long on the relaxation and short on the rent, you know?

  Arlene - Waitress : Actually?

  Tommy McCoy : Oh, actually!

  Arlene - Waitress : You mean women have tried to work you for money?

  Tommy McCoy : Ain't it awful when they should love me for just myself?

• Tommy McCoy : Look, Pop, Mr. Martin liked our act.

  Brian McCoy : Oh, a simple little thing. Cavorting for the neighbors, you might say.

  Johnny Martin : The crowd really liked your stuff, Mr. McCoy. Might be able to use ya. That is, if you're not booked up.

  Brian McCoy : Oh, might be arranged although we have several other offers.

  Tommy McCoy : You might be able to use us? I don't get it.

  Johnny Martin : They started me on this tour with only a boxing act. You're routine would fit in O.K.

  Tommy McCoy : You mean you want us to travel with you?

  Johnny Martin : Yeah, I open in Pittsburgh Monday. O.K.?

  Brian McCoy : [Hesitantly]  Pittsburgh? Oh, I don't know, we'll have to consult with our financial advisor.

  Tommy McCoy : He means we'll have to ask Ma.

• Tommy McCoy : I told you not to play those horses anymore.

  Brian McCoy : But this looked like a sure thing.

  Tommy McCoy : Sure thing. You've been havin' a sure thing for the past five years. So we haven't got a dime. I'm gettin' sick and tired of paying off your sucker debts and I'm gettin' sick and tired of you goin' around smellin' like a bar rag too.

  Brian McCoy : I raised you from a sprout. I give you a father's loving care. Oh, far sharper than a serpent's tooth this basin gratitude.