Murray Hamilton credited as playing...
Mr. Robinson
- Benjamin: Listen to me. What happened between Mrs. Robinson and me was nothing. It didn't mean anything. We might just as well have been shaking hands.
- Mr. Robinson: Shaking hands? Well, that's not saying much for my wife, is it?
- Mr. Robinson: [after Ben has driven Mrs. Robinson home, Mr. Robinson unexpectedly comes home early] Is that Ben's car in front?
- Benjamin: [nervously] Yes, sir. I drove... I drove Mrs. Robinson home. She wanted me to drive her home so I drove her home.
- Mr. Robinson: Swell. I appreciate.
- Benjamin: She's upstairs. She wanted me to wait down here till you got home.
- Mr. Robinson: Standing guard over the old castle, are you?
- Benjamin: Yes, sir.
- Mr. Robinson: Do you ummm... do you want to tell me *why* you did it
- Benjamin: Mr. Robinson!
- Mr. Robinson: Do you have a special grudge against me? Do you feel a particularly strong resentment? Is there something I've said that's caused this contempt, or is it just things I stand for that you despise?
- Mr. Robinson: All right, come on, let's have a nightcap together.
- Mr. Robinson: [reaches for a bottle] Scotch?
- Benjamin: Bourbon.
- Mr. Robinson: Ben... How old are you now?
- Benjamin: Twenty. I'll be 21 next week.
- Mr. Robinson: [as he fixes drinks for both of them] That's a hell of a good age to be.
- Benjamin: Thank you. Thank you very much, sir.
- Mr. Robinson: I, uh... I wish I was that age again. Because, Ben...
- Benjamin: Sir?
- Mr. Robinson: You'll never be young again.
- Benjamin: I know.
- Mr. Robinson: Ben, can I say something to you?
- Benjamin: What?
- Mr. Robinson: Uh, how long have we known each other now? How long have you and I known each other? How long have your dad and I been partners?
- Benjamin: Quite a while.
- Mr. Robinson: I watched you grow up, Ben.
- Benjamin: Yes, sir.
- Mr. Robinson: In many ways, I feel as though you were my own son.
- Benjamin: Thank you.
- Mr. Robinson: So I hope you won't mind my giving you a friendly piece of advice.
- Benjamin: I'd like to hear it.
- Mr. Robinson: Ben, I think... I think you ought to be taking it a little easier right now than you seem to be. Sow a few wild oats. Take things as they come. Have a good time with the girls and so forth.
- Mrs. Robinson: [Mrs. Robinson joins them; Ben abruptly stands up] Don't get up.
- Mr. Robinson: I was just telling... Ben. Ben, here, that he ought to sow a few wild oats. Have a good time while he can. You think that's sound advice?
- Mrs. Robinson: Yes, I do.
- Benjamin: I've got to go.
- Mr. Robinson: You have yourself a few flings this summer. I bet you're quite a ladies' man, huh?
- Benjamin: Oh, no.
- Mr. Robinson: [taken aback] What?
- Mr. Robinson: You look to me like the kind of guy who has to fight 'em off.
- Mr. Robinson: [to his wife] Now, doesn't he look to you like the kind of guy who has to fight them off?
- Mrs. Robinson: Yes, he does.
- Mrs. Robinson: Benjamin, I thought I made myself perfectly clear about this.
- Benjamin: Look, we'll go out to dinner and have a drink, and I'll bring her right back, because it was either that or a dinner party for the two families, and I'm afraid I couldn't quite handle that, if you don't mind. Look, I have no intention of ever taking your precious daughter out again in her life, so don't get upset about it.
- Mrs. Robinson: I am. I'm *extremely* upset about it, Benjamin.
- Elaine: [Mr. Robinson comes in with Elaine next to him] Hello.
- Benjamin: Hello.
- Mr. Robinson: [playfully giving advice to Elaine about Benjamin] Well, I want you to keep your wits about you tonight. You never know what *tricks* Ben picked up back there in the east. Heh heh...
- Mr. Robinson: [in Ben's boarding house room] All right, now listen to this. I don't know whether I can prosecute, but I think I can. I think I can get you behind bars if you ever *look* at my daughter again. Now, I've seen Elaine, and I've made damn sure you can't get to her. Stay away from me, Ben!
- Mr. Robinson: [heading for the door] I don't want to mince words with you. As far as Elaine is concerned, you're to get her out of your filthy mind right now! Is that *perfectly* clear to you? And that's all, Ben. You'll pardon me if *I* don't shake hands with you.
- Mr. Robinson: I think you are filth. I think you are scum. You are a degenerate!
- [heads down the stairs, brushes past Mr. McCleery]
- Mr. Robinson: Is anything wrong? You look a little shaken up.
- Benjamin: Oh, no, no. I'm just - I'm just a little worried about my future. I'm a little upset about my future.
- Mrs. Braddock: The Robinsons are here.
- Mr. Robinson: Hi, Ben. What are you doing with yourself these days?
- Benjamin: Oh, not too much. Taking it easy.
- Mr. Robinson: That's what I'd do if I could. Nothing wrong with that. Hey, Ben, Elaine's coming down from Berkeley soon. I want you to call her up this time.
- Benjamin: I will.
- Mr. Robinson: 'Cause I just think you two would hit it off real well together.
- Mrs. Braddock: Say hello to Mrs. Robinson, Benjamin.
- Benjamin: Hello, Mrs. Robinson.
- Mrs. Robinson: Hello, Benjamin.
- Mr. Robinson: You don't respect me terribly much either, do you?
- Benjamin: No, sir.
- Mr. Robinson: What?