Disorder in the Court (1936)
Bud Jamison: Defense Attorney
Quotes
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Defense attorney : [holding the murder weapon] The action on this pistol is so hard, it would take the strength of a mule to pull the trigger!
[hands the pistol to Curly]
Defense attorney : Go ahead!
Curly : I'm no mule!
Moe : No! Your ears are too short!
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Curly : Well, me and my pals, we're musicians. We were tearin' up some hot swing music in the York Esther. Gail over there was swingin' her fans. Her sweetie Koik Robin was inhalin' a bottle of hooch at a table. And a hoofer by the name of Buck Wing was gettin' ready to shake his tootsies.
Defense attorney : Kindly speak English and drop the vernacular.
Curly : [holding his Derby hat] Vernaculah? That's a doiby!
Defense attorney : Drop the vernacular!
[Curly drops his hat]
Defense attorney : No, no, not that! Talk so the jury can understand!
Curly : Is everybody dumb?
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Defense attorney : Mr. Howard, kindly tell the court what you know about the murder of Kirk Robbin.
Curly : [to the Judge] Well, it was like this, Mr. Court...
Defense attorney : Address the judge as "Your Honor".
Curly : [to the Judge] Well, it was like this, my honor...
Defense attorney : "Your honor", not "My honor".
Curly : Why? Don't you like him?