Finian's Rainbow (1968)

Louil Silas: Henry

Quotes 

• Henry : Susan wants to tell you something!

  Buzz Collins : Well, I'm listening!

  [Susan dances] 

  Older Man : What's she saying?

  Henry : She says you've got to wait for Woody! He's bringing the money!

  Buzz Collins : I didn't hear her say anything!

  Woman : Naturally. She was born silent.

  Husband : One of the few women ever was.

  Henry : Sure, Mister! She don't do talk-talk, she does foot-talk!

  Buzz Collins : 'Foot-talk?' That's ridiculous! What's she saying now?

• Sharon McLonergan : Do you mean to say you're taking this land from these people merely because their skins are black?

  Henry : Don't let them chase us!

  Senator Billboard Rawkins : Will you shut this kid up? He's making me look like a bully. All right, Sheriff, get them out of here.

  Sheriff : You heard the Senator, you folks better start packin' your things.

  Boy : Is Henry the wrong color?

  Sharon McLonergan : No, of course not. He's the right color.

  [she walks towards Senator Rawkins] 

  Sharon McLonergan : But there's something wrong with the world! Oh, I wish...

  Finian McLonergan : Sharon. Sharon.

  Sharon McLonergan : There's something wrong with the world that you and your kind have made for people like Henry! I wish you could know what that world is like. I wish to God you were black!

  [wind, thunder] 

  Senator Billboard Rawkins : Well, I'm a son of a biscuit...