Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Sal Mineo: Plato Crawford
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Quotes
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Plato Crawford : Do you think the end of the world will come at nighttime?
Jim Stark : Uh-uh, at dawn.
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Jim Stark : I'll bet you'd go to a hanging.
Plato Crawford : I guess it's just my morbid personality.
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Plato Crawford : I used to lay awake in my crib at night and listen to them fight.
Jim Stark : Can you really remember back that far? I can't even remember what happened yesterday.
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Ray Fremick : Do you go by another name?
Plato Crawford : They call me Plato.
Crawford Family Maid : He was a Greek philosopher. They...
[Plato turns away]
Crawford Family Maid : You talk nice to the man, John, he's going to help you.
Plato Crawford : Nobody can help me.
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Jim Stark : [pretending he and Judy are husband and wife] Now, would you like to rent or are you more in the mood to buy, dear?
Judy : You decide, darling. Remember, our budget.
Plato Crawford : [pretending to be the real estate agent] Oh, don't give it a second thought, it's, uh, only three million dollars a month.
Jim Stark : What?
Judy : Oh, we can afford it. I'll scrimp and I'll save and I'll work my fingers to the bone. You see, we're newlyweds... oh, there's just one more thing... what about...
Plato Crawford : Children?
Judy : Yes.
Plato Crawford : Right this way, mind you, though, we don't encourage them. They're such a bother.
Judy : Oh I quite agree, I just can't stand it when they cry. What do you do with them when they cry?
Jim Stark : [in a voice somewhat like Mr. Magoo] Drown 'em like puppies, ha!
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Plato Crawford : If only you coulda been my dad. We could have breakfast in the morning.
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Police Chief : You know if the boy ever talked to a psychiatrist?
Plato Crawford : You mean a head-shrinker?
Crawford Family Maid : Oh, Mrs. Crawford don't believe in them, sir.
Police Chief : Well, maybe she better start.
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Plato Crawford : What does he know about man alone?
