Ace in the Hole (1951)

Robert Arthur: Herbie Cook

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• Herbie Cook : The old man sure looked bad. Did you see his face?

  Charles Tatum : Yeah.

  Herbie Cook : Like the faces of those folks you see outside a coal mine with maybe 84 men trapped inside.

  Charles Tatum : One man's better than 84. Didn't they teach you that?

  Herbie Cook : Teach me what?

  Charles Tatum : Human interest. You pick up the paper, you read about 84 men or 284, or a million men, like in a Chinese famine. You read it, but it doesn't say with you. One man's different, you want to know all about him. That's human interest.

• Herbie Cook : Did the Indians really live in that place 450 years ago?

  Lorraine : I wouldn't know. I haven't been around that long. Only seems that long.

• Herbie Cook : [Looking at the unstable cliff-dwelling]  I don't like the looks of it, Chuck.

  Charles Tatum : Neither do I, fan, but I like the odds.