Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939)

Hal Le Roy: Hal Sturges

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Government Agent Chief : Swing, nothing but swing! Gentlemen, it's sweeping over the country. Jitterbug! They're a menace to the public. They must be stamped out.

  Hal Sturges : What we've got to do, Chief, is get to the higher ups!

  Government Agent Chief : Now you're talking, Sturges. We don't want the small fry. We want Public Jitterbug No. 1!

• Hal Sturges : What's the idea of running away from me when I asked you to dance?

  Betty : With a moon like that, there's only one thing I'd like to do. And it isn't dancing!

• Betty : So! I might have known.

  Hal Sturges : Well, I...

  Betty : So, you're a federal snooper! A dancin' flatfoot!