Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Thomas Mitchell: Kid Dabb

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• Kid Dabb : The boat doesn't stop at Santa Maria this trip.

  Geoff Carter : Why not?

  Kid Dabb : They have no bananas.

  Geoff Carter : They have no bananas?

  Kid Dabb : Yes, they have no bananas.

• Bonnie Lee : Say, isn't that girl the one he used to be in love with?

  Kid Dabb : Bonnie, when it rains, every third drop falls on one of them.

• Bonnie Lee : They must love it. Flying, I mean.

  Sparks, radioman : Why do you think they come down to this kind of a place?

  Bonnie Lee : It's like being in love with a buzz saw.

  Sparks, radioman : Not much future in it.

  Bonnie Lee : What is there about it that gets them?

  Sparks, radioman : I'm not a flyer myself. Hey, you'd better ask the Kid. Miss Lee. Mr. Dabb.

  Bonnie Lee : How d'you do?

  Sparks, radioman : She wants to know why you like flying.

  Kid Dabb : I've been in it 22 years, Miss Lee. I couldn't give you an answer that would make any sense. What's so funny about that?

  Bonnie Lee : That's what my dad used to say.

  Kid Dabb : Flyer?

  Bonnie Lee : No, trapeze. High stuff. He wouldn't use a net.

  Sparks, radioman : Not much future in that, either.

  Bonnie Lee : Yes. We found that out.

• Bonnie Lee : You love him, don't you, Kid?

  Kid Dabb : Yes, I guess I do.

  Bonnie Lee : Why can't I love him the way you do? Why couldn't I sneer when he tries to kill himself, feel proud when he doesn't? Why couldn't I be there to meet him when he gets back? Why couldn't I... What do you do when he doesn't come back when you expect him to?

  Kid Dabb : I go nuts.

  Bonnie Lee : Gee whiz, you're a great help.

• Kid Dabb : Someday I'll get a straight answer from you, and I won't know what to do with it.

• Kid Dabb : The only thing I can tell you about him, he's a good guy for gals to stay away from.

• Kid Dabb : [watching Geoff try to land a damaged plane]  He's gonna try to land!

  Mike : He can't make it.

  Les Peters : Not with that tail all smashed up. Not in a million years.

  Kid Dabb : Get set for the crash, Mike!

  Bonnie Lee : Why doesn't he jump?

  Kid Dabb : Why? Why should he? He's made of rubber, he is. He wants to hit the ground to see how high he can bounce!