Background to Danger (1943)

George Raft: Joe Barton

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Quotes 

• Nikolai Zaleshoff : How did you know the gun wasn't loaded?

  Joe Barton : By its weight.

  Nikolai Zaleshoff : There might have been one bullet in it.

  Joe Barton : That's the chance I had to take.

  Nikolai Zaleshoff : YOU had to take?

• 'Mac' McNamara : [Last lines Asking about Joe and Tamara]  What are you going to do in Moscow?

  Joe Barton : We're gonna cement Russian-American relations.

• 'Mac' McNamara : Where are you headed for now?

  Joe Barton : A wild ride on a Turkish merry-go-round.

• Joe Barton : There's a couple of numbers that won't do you any good. They're in Brooklyn.

• Joe Barton : [Dryly to Robinson]  You still talk as much as ever.

• Joe Barton : When you flop in your country you end up in a coffin.

• Mailler : [Pointing a gun]  Keep moving. Understand?

  Joe Barton : [Reacting to the gun]  That's one language I do understand.

• Tamara Zaleshoff : Be careful.

  Joe Barton : Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself.