Crime Against Joe (1956)

John Bromfield: Joe Manning

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Quotes 

• Joe Manning : Slacks, are you a nice girl, Slacks?

  'Slacks' Bennett : Well, either way I wouldn't want it known.

• [first lines] 

  [Joe is painting a picture of a woman in a negligee; he becomes frustrated, and paints a red slash over the painting] 

  Nora Manning : [his mother, Nora, enters.]  Well, it's different...but is it art?

  Joe Manning : Art? It's not even fit to hang in a barroom.

  Nora Manning : I wish I looked as good...and I did, once.

  [looking at the painting more closely.] 

  Nora Manning : What's wrong with it?

  Joe Manning : I don't know, Nora. I don't know! I can see it in my head, but it doesn't come out on the canvas. I want her to have warmth, and humor, and wisdom...and innocence...a girl you'd want to know.

  Nora Manning : Have you ever known a girl like that, Joe?

  [smiles] 

  Nora Manning : No, I didn't think so. She wouldn't be quite human, you know. You're idealizing, Joe.

  Joe Manning : About women or art?

  Nora Manning : For you, is there any difference? Everything has to be perfect, or you destroy it.

  Joe Manning : Aw, Nora, you make me sound like a case.

  Nora Manning : The army changed you, Joe. You went away a boy, and came back a man. I wish I knew what kind of man.

  Joe Manning : I think I'll get drunk.

• Dr. Louis Tatreau - Psychiatrist : What's your attitude on girls, Joe?

  Joe Manning : I think they're here to stay.