The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)

Keenan Wynn: Ben Griggs

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Quotes 

• Ralph Humphrey : I've been thinking this thing over, and your sister's right.

  Jim Griggs : About my going to England?

  Ralph Humphrey : No, of course not.

  [to Amy] 

  Ralph Humphrey : About Jimmy here being a good worker and deserving a raise.

  [to Jim] 

  Ralph Humphrey : As a matter of fact, I intended to give you one on your birthday next month.

  Sam Griggs : Liar!

  Jim Griggs : That's very nice of you, Uncle Ralph, but you see I've made up my mind...

  Ralph Humphrey : That's not all. I'm putting you in charge of the fish balls!

  Ben Griggs : Can that be a promotion?

• [After Jennifer Griggs and her boyfriend are soaked by rain, Jennifer quickly exchanges her wet dress for a provocative blanket] 

  Ben Griggs : What does she do?

  Sam Griggs : She's a librarian.

  Ben Griggs : Must read a lot.

• Amy Griggs : What strange unnatural storms!

  Ben Griggs : What does she want with her storms, affidavits of authenticity?

• [Two ghosts argue about the family finances] 

  Sam Griggs : All you left Ma and me was a fifteen-dollar saloon bill.

  Ben Griggs : I'll thank you to treat you father with more respect.

  Sam Griggs : Why, I'm twice as old as you are!

• [Sam the ghost walks through his first wall] 

  Sam Griggs : Look, Pa, no hands!

  Ben Griggs : Just as easy as I used to go through a week's pay.

• Jim Griggs : But money just doesn't vanish into thin air!

  Ben Griggs : Oh, doesn't it! It's easy to see he hasn't handled much of it.