Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Walter Abel: Inspector Hammock

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Quotes 

• Inspector Hammock : I'll be the doggonedest dog to end all doggoned dogs! Maybe I'm just dumb.

• Van Den Luecken : Don't let us be impatient. Let's always remember the words they have on the Statue of Liberty.

  Inspector Hammock : "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!"

  Van Den Luecken : No. You are referring to the words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. What I meant, was a simple poem, inscribed on the base of the said statue... "Give my your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Or, is it the shining door, Mr. Inspector?

  Inspector Hammock : I'm afraid you've got me there, Professor.

• Inspector Hammock : You know, its quite a surprise to see you down this side of the fence, Miss O'Shaughnessy. A gal who couldn't wait to hug every stripe and kiss every star. All 48 of them.

• Mr. Dwight Saxon : Say, look, is there something I can do?

  Inspector Hammock : Listen, you stick to directing pictures. Let me direct the traffic across the border.

• Inspector Hammock : [Last line]  Say, what was this she was telling me all the way down, about the two of you raising olives?