Picnic (1955)
Cliff Robertson: Alan Benson
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Quotes
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Alan Benson : Where have you been all these years?
Hal Carter : Oh, I was workin' back home - in the filling station. Then, I was in the Army.
Alan Benson : Yeah? How long?
Hal Carter : Until I got out.
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Hal Carter : Then I said, "Okay, girls, party's over. Let's get goin'." And one of 'em sticks a gun right in my back and she says, "This party's goin' on until *we* say it's over, Buck!" You'd 've thought she was Humphrey Bogart.
Alan Benson : Now, wait a minute, now, then what?
Hal Carter : Well, so finally, I passed out. And when I woke up the dames were gone and so was my 200 bucks. I went to the police and they wouldn't believe me! They said my story was wishful thinkin'. How do you like that? I'm tellin' ya, Benson, women are gettin' desperate.
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Alan Benson : I heard you went to Hollywood to become a big movie hero.
Hal Carter : I was gonna have a big career. They were gonna call me: Brush Carter.
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Alan Benson : What babe?
Hal Carter : The babe that got me the screen test. She wasn't exactly a babe. She was kinda beat up. But, eh, not bad.
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Hal Carter : What I was hopin' was that, you and your old man, between ya, might be able to fix me up with a job.
Alan Benson : Sure! These companies can always use me. I'll talk to Dad. I'm sure he can do something.
Hal Carter : Maybe, somethin' in a nice office where I can wear a tie and have a sweet little secretary. And talk over the telephone about - enterprises and things.
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Alan Benson : Before you get to be President of the company, you'll have to be - a little patient.
Hal Carter : Yeah, that's somethin' I gotta learn Patience!
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Howard Bevans : A young man comin' to town has *got* to be a good mixer.
Helen Potts : Wouldn't it be nice if he could join the Country Club and play golf.
Alan Benson : Oh, he won't be able to afford that.
Rosemary Sidney : The bowling team's a rowdy gang.
Helen Potts : There's a young mens bible class at the Baptist Church.
