Ball of Fire (1941)

Dana Andrews: Joe Lilac

Quotes 

• Joe Lilac : Having some trouble, Mr. D.A.?

  District Attorney : Oh, don't worry, Joe. And don't underestimate this office or the State of New York. I've got some boys that can find a needle in a haystack.

  Joe Lilac : Oh, that's a cinch. All you have to do is get a horse to eat the hay and then x-ray the horse.

• Joe Lilac : [as the professors draw guns on Joe and his men]  What is this?

  Prof. Oddly : I believe... I think it is known as an "up-stick."

• Joe Lilac : You know, I was kinda counting on Sugarpuss to tell ya the score. Trouble is, she's all right givin' out with the twists and the wisecracks, but when it comes to leveling off she gets chicken.

• Joe Lilac : How's about a little Benzedrine?

• Joe Lilac : I should have brought along my valet. I'm a sucker for comfort.

  District Attorney : Why, don't worry, Joe. You'll have your comfort. We'll have platinum bars on your cell, and we'll heat up a chair for you, special. Twenty thousand volts.

  Joe Lilac : AC or DC?

• Joe Lilac : Get a couple of the other old beavers to come along in the car.

• Joe Lilac : Sugie, say, what the sweet Judas gives out?

• Joe Lilac : We're not down here to enjoy ourselves. This is a wedding.

• Joe Lilac : Professor, you really thought she was going to marry you with your 3,000 what-was-it a year? She spends that much for having her toenails painted.

• Joe Lilac : I kind of figured you'd bumped your brains into one of them pink clouds.