High Flyers (1937)
Robert Woolsey: Pierre Potkin
Quotes
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Pierre Potkin : Snoop around and see what you can find out. But don't get lost. And remember: even the walls have ears.
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Pierre Potkin : That's the first laugh I ever heard with icicles on it.
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Jerry Lane : Who.
Arlene Arlington : Who?
Horace Arlington : What's wrong my dear?
Pierre Potkin : Who is this woman? Where were you when the missing things where missing? Answer: yes or no.
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Pierre Potkin : [singing] When I see a pip, I just crack my whip
Juanita - the Maid : If you ask for a kiss, I obey
Pierre Potkin : Could I do it right now?
Juanita - the Maid : Yes, gaucho, and how
Pierre Potkin : But, honey, I first want to say: That you are one Miss who is going to kiss, The gosh darnedest gaucho today
Pierre Potkin , Juanita - the Maid : Hey! The gosh darnedest gaucho today!
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Pierre Potkin : [singing] I'm the gosh darnedest gaucho that gauches today, Believe me I know how to gauch.
Juanita - the Maid : When it comes to gauchos, I say you're okay,
Pierre Potkin : Oh, you think that I can't be a slouch...
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Horace Arlington : Say, you don't think I'd rob my own house?
Pierre Potkin : Well, you may be a somnambulist and do it while you're asleep.
Horace Arlington : I certainly do not.
Pierre Potkin : How do you know you don't?
Horace Arlington : Well, I - i...
Pierre Potkin : There you are. There you are. It's an open and shut case.
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Pierre Potkin : Mr. Arlington, have you any bad habits that you're not aware of? Answer: yes or no.
Horace Arlington : No.
Pierre Potkin : Ah, you mean that you don't know that you have any bad habits?
Horace Arlington : Yes.
Pierre Potkin : Oh, yes. Oh, you admit that you have bad habits.
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Juanita - the Maid : You rang for me Señora?
Martha Arlington : Yes Juanita. See if the guest room is in order for Mr. Lane and Mr. Pumpkin.
Pierre Potkin : Potkin.
Martha Arlington : That's what I said, Pumpkin.
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Pierre Potkin : You're all nuts. Send for Juanita to pack my bags.
Horace Arlington : You didn't bring any bags.
Pierre Potkin : Well, then, just send for Juanita. We'll pick up a few things on the way out.
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Juanita - the Maid : Señor, you sent for me?
Pierre Potkin : Oh, yes, my little enchilada.
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Pierre Potkin : Tell me, what do you make of these robberies around here?
Juanita - the Maid : I make nothing! I don't know whos do it.
Pierre Potkin : You don't know whos do it?
Juanita - the Maid : No.
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Pierre Potkin : You know, Sñora, you're a - very nice little girl.
Juanita - the Maid : Thank you. Now, I go? No?
Pierre Potkin : No!
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Pierre Potkin : [singing] Perhaps you don't know I'm a gaucho, I've gauched with the best you can get...
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Pierre Potkin : Can I swear you to secrecy?
Juanita - the Maid : I will say nothing to somebody!
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Juanita - the Maid : I go now, yes?
Pierre Potkin : Eh, no.
Juanita - the Maid : No?
Pierre Potkin : Yes.
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Pierre Potkin : I'm off to Philadelphia.
Juanita - the Maid : This is Philadelphia.
Pierre Potkin : It is Philadelphia?
Juanita - the Maid : Yeah, around the outskirts.
Pierre Potkin : Well, that gives me a little time to - play around the outskirts.
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Pierre Potkin : See that? I'm as smart as any dog.
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Pierre Potkin : [to Jerry who's in blackface] Where'd you get that sunburn?