I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Laird Cregar: Ed Cornell

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• Ed Cornell : I'll follow you into your grave. I'll write my name on your tombstone.

• Jill Lynn : What's the good of living without hope?

  Ed Cornell : It can be done.

• Ed Cornell : When I get all my evidence together, I'm gonna have you tied up like a pig in a slaughterhouse.

• Ed Cornell : [bumming a ride in Frankie's car]  I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this, but I'm a little short on cash lately. You see, I've spent so much of my own dough, trying to build up this case against you.

  Frankie Christopher : Well, if there's anything you need, just let me know.

  Ed Cornell : Oh, I imagine they'll make it right with me when I bring in the material for your trial. They usually do in these cases. I nick a guy on my own time and send him up to the chair, then I get back pay.

  Frankie Christopher : Must be a great life - like a garbage man, only with people!

  Ed Cornell : I got practically all the evidence I need now. I could arrest you today for that matter, but you might get some smart mouthpiece and get off with life instead of the chair. I won't be satisfied until I'm *sure* it's the chair.

  Frankie Christopher : You're a gay dog, Cornell. You make me feel as if I'm driving a hearse!

  Ed Cornell : Oh, I know your type. I've seen hundreds of them. I don't scare you enough to make you commit suicide, but I worry you just the same. And when the day comes they all act different. Some scream, a few faint, some light a cigarette and try a wisecrack. But it sticks in their throats - especially when they're hung.

• Ed Cornell : What she meant we'll never know. It's what she said that counts.

• Ed Cornell : I've got a good mind to kill you myself right now.

• Ed Cornell : I don't scare you enough to make you commit suicide but I worry you just the same.

• Ed Cornell : [to Frankie Christopher]  You're like a rat in a box without any holes!

• Ed Cornell : [as Frankie has Cornel stuck up outside the subway, trying to get him to release Jill]  Well its no use Frankie, I dont have to make bargains with you. Ill get you eventually. If not tomorrow, next week, if not next week, next year! Times nothing in my life, it is in yours. Each minute is an eternity to man in your shoes.

  Frankie Christopher : Thats the wrong stare this time Cornell. They told me at headquarters that you're a pretty sure thing but this time you're trying to convict an innocent man!

  Ed Cornell : Thats what you say. But you cant sell me on it.