Glenda Farrell Quotes

Joe Massara Once in the gang, you know the rest.

Olga Stassoff I don't want to know. Only maybe, maybe it could be different this time, if we try.

Joe Massara I've never seen a guy that could get away with it yet.

Marie Woods I told you I was satisfied with the way things are...I'm happy. I'm taking no chances of letting you go. Hey, listen. You're gonna be a big-shot some day with plenty of sugar, and I'm gonna ride right along. Get that? I'm no fool. I'd be a sucker to let you go now.

Newspaper Editorial Shall we stand by while a man who has become a respected citizen of the community has the shadow of medieval torture again creeping over him? Must James Allen be sent back again to a living Hell? This is the question that Chicago officials must decide within the next few days.

Rev. Allen ...the story of James Allen as a human being - a man of essential fineness and integrity of character. A man who was decorated for bravery in the world war. A man who committed a crime, but only when forced to at the point of a gun. His first and only offense. A man who showed his true character by rising from less than nothing to become a prominent and honored citizen.

Prison Board Chairman The life of a convict in a chain gang is one of hard labor. The discipline is strict but there is no brutality. The purpose of prison is not only to punish crime but to discourage it. And there is less crime in this state in proportion to her population than into 40 other states in this Union. Finally, as evidence of the chain gang's value as a character builder, I have but to present to you the very case that has been presented to us today, the case of James Allen, who entered the chain gang as a worthless tramp, and who left it to become one of a great city's most worthy and respected citizens.

Olga Stassoff Why, Joe...Joey.

Joe Massara What is it? What's the matter?

Olga Stassoff Nothing. It's all right. The joint's been held up, that's all.

Joe Massara Held up?

Olga Stassoff They...They shot McClure. Joe.

Joe Massara Now you know.

Olga Stassoff It was you.

Joe Massara No. No, it's a lie! I...

Olga Stassoff You shot McClure.

Joe Massara No, I didn't, I swear. It wasn't me that shot him. It was...I don't know who. But it's our hips for this job, all right.

Olga Stassoff Maybe... Maybe everything will be all right, Joey. Maybe he wasn't hurt badly. But you're through with that bunch. You don't belong, Joe. You're not that kind. You'll never go near them again.

Joe Massara Olga...you can't go back on the gang.