Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Esther Williams: Katie Higgins
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Quotes
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Katie Higgins : [shouting through the fog] Windy. Windy!
Windy Weebe : Katie, where are you?
Katie Higgins : I'm on a yacht. With a Frenchman.
Windy Weebe : A Frenchman? Oh, no!
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Katie Higgins : How'd it get so dark?
André Lanet : The sun went down.
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Katie Higgins : Why don't you ask her to move like a gentleman.
Windy Weebe : That's no gentleman. It's a cow!
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Katie Higgins : Mr. Weebe, I'm in the milk business.
Windy Weebe : Honey, when you've seen one cow you've seen them all.
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Windy Weebe : Let's talk about you, honey. You married?
Katie Higgins : No.
Windy Weebe : You engaged?
Katie Higgins : No.
Windy Weebe : You going steady?
Katie Higgins : No.
Windy Weebe : Well, do you think you could go for a fellow like me?
Katie Higgins : No.
Windy Weebe : Well, I look better in the dark. Do you mind if I turn off the light?
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Ma Higgins , Pa Higgins , Katie Higgins , Suzie Higgins , Junior Higgins : [singing] I sang a duet with the rooster, I'm a booster, Of the rooster, But he doesn't crow like he useter, Couldn't handle my yodel-ee-ay...
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André Lanet : Why does a beautiful girl like you wish to swim the Channel?
Katie Higgins : I want to buy a bull.
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Katie Higgins : It's no use. You gotta give back the money on that girdle endorsement. I just can't wear it.
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André Lanet : [referring to the bikini he gave Katie] French girls wear them all the time.
Katie Higgins : I don't happen to be French.
English Waitress : My sister had one. Wore it to Brighton, she did. Oh, she looked beautiful.
André Lanet : Huh, you see?
English Waitress : Of course, she was arrested.
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André Lanet : At least you can look at it. It was meant for you. You should wear it. Go ahead, open it. Come on.
Katie Higgins : Well, I must admit I'm a little curious.
[opens her present]
Katie Higgins : What is it?
André Lanet : It's a bathing suit!
Katie Higgins : That?
André Lanet : Yeah.
Katie Higgins : Why, that wouldn't even cover - why, I might just as well wear a band-aid as a thing like that.
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Katie Higgins : [referring to the bikini Andre gave her] How did you now I'd try that thing on?
André Lanet : Well, you told me you were very curious.
Katie Higgins : I certainly was. Oh, you should've seen it. It was awful.
André Lanet : I bet it looked wonderful.
Katie Higgins : Nobody will ever know, that's for sure.
André Lanet : No?
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Gigi Mignon : He's a nice kid. He is handsome and rich too. You do not like this combination?
Katie Higgins : I like it all right, but, well, I talked myself out of it.
Gigi Mignon : You should not have listened to yourself.
Katie Higgins : I've got to swim the Channel.
Gigi Mignon : Oh, a man is much more important. You swim the Channel, and what? You get the money, you win the medal; but, when the cold night comes, it doesn't keep you warm, you know.
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Katie Higgins : Andre, aren't you interested in my problems?
André Lanet : No, I have problems of my own.
Katie Higgins : What problems could you possibly have? Really, now.
André Lanet : [singing] In my wildest dreams, I never thought we'd meet, I never knew how sweet, You'd be, Believe me, In my wildest dreams...
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André Lanet : He's so sentimental. He wants us to drink a toast.
Joubert : Oui!
Katie Higgins : To what?
André Lanet : Success.
Katie Higgins : Yours or mine?
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André Lanet : How about some nice, nice coffee?
Katie Higgins : Coffee? Oh, my, no. Coffee's a stimulant.
André Lanet : Well, you don't need that.
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Katie Higgins : No nighttime swimming. No, no. No, no. Besides, I haven't got a bathing suit.