Hard Times (1975)
Strother Martin: Poe
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Quotes
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Poe : [after the dispute with the Cajuns] A sorry spectacle, a poor example of Southern sportsmanship.
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Speed : Chaney, I'd like you to meet my old friend Poe. He'll fix up your cuts, bruises - all sorts of good things.
Poe : I have two years of medical school to recommend me.
Chaney : Two years doesn't make a doctor.
Poe : Well, in my third year of studies a small black cloud appeared on campus; I left under it.
Speed : What he's trying to say is that he's a dyed-in-wool hophead.
Poe : I have a weakness for opium.
Chaney : That's a habit that's hard to quit.
Poe : Some are born to fail, others have it thrust upon them. Could I see your hands?
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Pettibon : This has come as quite a setback for us; it was too easy.
Speed : Ain't nothin' in the rules about *easy*, Mr. Pettibon.
Chaney : [putting on his shirt] Anything wrong?
Pettibon : What's wrong, Mr. Chaney, is that you're too good. You're a ringer, Mr. Chaney.
Speed : Dammit, my man won fair and square; give us our money, goddammit!
Poe : [noticing several Cajuns walking up behind Pettibon] Steady on, Speed. These boys are not refined.
[notices one of the Cajuns has a pistol]
Poe : Somebody always brings a gun.
Speed : [being pulled toward the car by Poe and Gayleen] Oh, yeah! Well, the next time I come to this coonass place, I'm goin' to bring a gun!
Pettibon : [laughing] You do that, Speed; just make sure it's a great big one.
[to his men]
Pettibon : That's how it's done.