Name: The Strange One
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-04-12
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman, Arthur Storch, Paul E. Richards

14 quotes

The Strange One

Responsibility and Blame in Cadet Life

Cadet Staff Sergeant Jocko DeParis I can't sign that ]. Because there's something in it, that isn't ] at all. Sure, Georgie was framed- my ] are clean! Gatt beat him up, those freshmen poured whiskey in him, and Koble carried him down to the quadrangle. And who would ] all this bunk, anyhow? How could I make Gatt beat up Georgie? He's twice my size! And these freshmen, did I hold a ] to their heads and make them do this? DID I?! Oh, no, no. They're just as ] as I am.

[[statement; [true; [hands; [believe; [pistol; [guilty]

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Consequences of Leaving and Uncertain Futures

Harold Koble Well, it's ] for you to ], cause you're plannin on leavin anyhow. How about the rest of us? Me and Rog's got a lot to lose. Gonna get {{w|dishonorable discharge}}s. Credit's gonna be no good at another school. Three ] we've spent here ain't gonna amount to a doggone thing.

[[easy; [talk; [years]

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Memorable Performance by Ben Gazzara as Jocko

Tagline You'll never forget BEN GAZZARA as the louse, "Jocko

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Questioning Responsibility and Intentions

Cadet Staff Sergeant Jocko DeParis Well, sir, it's got to be one of two things. Either you're ], in which case there'd be no ] in that tube- or you're ]. I did it all, just as you say. Now, if I was such a ], crafty, conniving character as all that, would I be so ] as to leave whiskey in that tube for you to come along and find it? I don't think so, sir. It stands to ] that thing would be washed with ] care.

[[lying; [whiskey; [Correctness|right; [Machiavellian; [stupid; [reason; [loving]

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The Strange One

The Uniqueness of The Strange One

Tagline THE STRANGE ONE" IS A STRANGE ONE! (original print ad - all caps)

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Confrontation Among Students and Authority Figures

Jocko DeParis You freshmen seem shocked by our ] visit. And disturbed by our continued presence here. Now, Mr. Simmons. Do you have any grounds for such an attitude?

[[friendly]

Simmons No, sir.

Jocko DeParis And yet we'd all be expelled if we were caught here. Isn't that right, you insidious ]?

[[beast]

Simmons Yes, sir.

Jocko DeParis Well, now. You weren't being ], were you, Mr. Simmons?

[[logical]

Simmons No, sir.

Jocko DeParis Have you figured out yet who won the ]?

[[American Civil War|Civil War]

Simmons ], sir.

[[Union (United States)|The North]

Jocko DeParis How dare you come down to our ] and say a thing like that? You lying {{w|Yankee}} carpetbagger. Now, which side emerged ] in the War Between the States, mister?

[[Southern United States|Southland; [victorious]

Simmons The South, sir.

Jocko DeParis So now you're being ]. Trying ] of the South in your sly Yankee way, saying the South won the war when any ] knows the North won. Oh, what a conniving character you are. What a sly, crafty, calculating ] you are. Let's ] him, Harold.

[[sarcastic; [to make fun; [fool; [devil; ''Puts Simmons' own dress uniform belt around his neck''; lynch[]

Harold Koble Come on, Jock. You're gettin this poor boy all ] in his ]!

[''Laughing''; [confused; [mind]

Jocko DeParis I think we should lynch him, Harold. He's probably a ] anyhow.

[[communist]

Harold Koble Jock, he don't look like much of nothin to me.

Jocko DeParis Well, remind me to lynch him sometime, Harold; he needs it. You ] brutes rest.

[[insane]

Jocko DeParis We're going to have a little surprise ] tonight. A card game. It's been our superb good ] that I've been able to interest a great wit in joining us; Mr. Roger B. Gatt. His sense of humor, his courtly good manners, his true Southern charm make him stand out from the crowd wherever he goes. Mr. Marquales, you're gonna win about $90 from him.

[[party; [fortune]

Robert Marquales I'm gonna win $90?

Jocko DeParis Mm-hm. That's more or less what he has on him.

[''Pausing to light a cigarette'']

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Threatening Words from Cadet Staff Sergeant Jocko

Cadet Staff Sergeant Jocko DeParis ], Cockroach, if you don't stop following me around and bugging me, I'm gonna stuff your nauseating carcass into one of those artillery pieces, pull the lanyard and blow you out to ]. Now do you ] me?

[[Listen; [sea; [understand]

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A Tense Confrontation at the Party

Jocko DeParis Well, fellas, this looks like quite a party. Am I invited?

Laurie Corger You're the guest of ]. Sit down on that chair.

[[honor; ''Gestures to a chair in the middle of the room'']

Laurie Corger DeParis, the men in this room, and the men outside, don't intend to let you get away with what you've done to Major Avery.

Jocko DeParis Well, he hit me. And I must say, I used every bit of restraint- refraining from knocking his head off. Who do you think you are, the ]? Now, look- if I've done something wrong, Corger, why haven't I been reported to a regular Honor Court?

[''Steps forward, staring around at the cadets''; [Ku Klux Klan]

Laurie Corger Because an Honor Court couldn't make you sign this statement. We can.

Jocko DeParis You guys really do think you're the Ku Klux Klan, don't you? Do you realize that what you're doing is completely ]?! Every one of you guys could be expelled for this!

[''Smirking''; [illegal]

Laurie Corger For what we're doing to you, we could get a lot worse.

Jocko DeParis You certainly could. I've been abducted in a public restaurant! I think you're all out of your minds!

Laure Corger All right, DeParis. You read this- and sign it.

[''Holding out a piece of paper and a pen'']

Laurie Corger Read it!

Jocko DeParis This is crazy! I never did any of this. Who says I did this?

[''Whacking the paper with one hand'']

Laurie Corger Go ahead and sign, DeParis. You're not foolin anybody in this room.

Jocko DeParis I deny these charges, and I challenge you to prove them!

Laurie Corger ] have ] against you! Now, you better sign while you're still able to.

[[Witnesses; [testified]

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A Diagnosis of Distress and Parental Influence

Jocko DeParis You wanna know what happened, sir? I'll tell you what happened.

Major Avery You sure will. You'll tell me right now, and then you'll go with me and tell Colonel Ramey.

Jocko DeParis Well, this is what happened, sir. Your son got blind ], fell down a flight of stairs, and passed out on the quadrangle. The ] ] is, he's had a nervous breakdown. Well, if you want my ], sir, then I suggest you put your ] in a sanitarium. He's a very sick boy, sir. It would be best for him to be separated for a while from you and Mrs. Avery. You know they say these mental breakdowns often come from a lack of ] in the ].

[[drunk; [sad; [fact; [advice; [son; [harmony; [home]

Jocko DeParis No disrespect intended towards you and Mrs. Avery, sir. I'm sure both of you have tried very hard to be good parents to Georgie.

[''Backing up'']

Major Avery You liar! Tell the truth! TELL ME THE TRUTH, YOU LIAR!

[''Smacking DeParis again and again'']

Jocko DeParis Lucky for you, sir, I'm not a vindictive person. You've just done me a terrible ].

[[injustice]

Perrin Cockroach McKee That was a ] performance.

[[magnificent]

Jocko DeParis Harold. I think we just lost ourselves a Major.

[''Ignoring McKee, to Harold Koble'']

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