Three Husbands (1950)

Jerry Hausner: Joe - the Bartender

Quotes 

• Joe, the Bartender : You know what I'd do if I was you?

  Kenneth Whittaker : What?

  Joe, the Bartender : I'd bust the livin' bejeepers out of a guy like that.

  Kenneth Whittaker : I wish I could.

  Joe, the Bartender : Well, why can't you? A big guy like you.

  Kenneth Whittaker : It's not that.

  Joe, the Bartender : Well, suppose he's smaller. Suppose he's weaker. He deserves it, don't he?

  Kenneth Whittaker : I can't.

  Joe, the Bartender : Well, why can't you? Just answer me that. Why not?

  Kenneth Whittaker : He's dead.

  Joe, the Bartender : But look what he done to you... dead?...

  [He picks up Ken's shot of whiskey and downs it himself] 

  Joe, the Bartender : Well, in that case, there's only one thing you can do now.

  Kenneth Whittaker : What?

  Joe, the Bartender : There was another party involved, wasn't there?