The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)

Diana Douglas: Ruth Adams

Quotes 

• Ruth Adams : Oh, darling. I feel wonderful!

  Brad Adams : Well, I am scared stiff.

  Ruth Adams : That doesn't sound like you.

  Brad Adams : Holy smokes, sweetheart. The head of Local 145 stepping into the boss's shoes. If I have to do something that's good for the company, the union will say I've sold out. If I make a decision the boys would cheer about, Hawkins, Russell and Dunbar will say the union's got me in its hip pocket.

  Ruth Adams : Look, I'm not worried about this one bit. Not one single bit.

• Brad Adams : Joe, our ideas. They're not enough.

  Joe London : I know. You're up against it. Things look different, I guess, when you are on the other side of the fence.

  Brad Adams : A lot of people are going to get hurt. I've been thinking about you and Mary.

  Joe London : It's not your fault. Last hired, first fired. That's labor's rules.

  Ruth Adams : Oh, no, Joe. Brad, there must be some other way.

  Joe London : No. Well, Dan was right. Brad's got to lay off half the workers. Don't cha?

  Brad Adams : Worse than that, Joe. The warehouse is jammed with stuff we can't sell. We're losing money in everything we make. I've got to close down the plant and lay off everybody.

  Joe London : Everybody?

  Joe London : Everybody.