Spinout (1966)

Carl Betz: Howard Foxhugh

Quotes 

• Howard Foxhugh : I'm glad you like the car, and we're going to give you a chance to drive it, but you've got to promise me one thing.

  Mike McCoy : Well, let's have it!

  Howard Foxhugh : Don't encourage Cynthia!

  Mike McCoy : Cynthia? What's she got to do with it?

  Howard Foxhugh : Well, I didn't mind you singing for her. That was her birthday present, but now she is talking about marriage, and that, of course, is out of the question.

  Mike McCoy : You're trying to say I'm good enough to drive your car, but I'm not good enough to marry your daughter?

  Howard Foxhugh : Oh, now, Mike, don't put it that way!

  Mike McCoy : I'll put it this way - if I want to marry Cynthia, and she wants to marry me, we'll get married! As for your car, you can drive it yourself!

• Howard Foxhugh : Philip, are you a millionaire?

  Philip : Umm... No?

  Howard Foxhugh : Then shut up and keep writing

• Larry : [as Mike test drives Foxhugh's Fox 5 car on the racetrack]  Sure knows how to handle that car!

  Les : Well, best driver on any track!

  Howard Foxhugh : Yeah, it looks like your plan worked.

  Les : Yeah!

  Howard Foxhugh : You seem pretty anxious to have Mike drive for me.

  Les : Oh, yeah, well the prize money is good.

  Larry : You see, Mr. Foxhugh, if we keep him busy driving, he won't have any time for your kid.

  [Les kicks Larry in the leg] 

  Larry : Ow! Hey what did you kick me for?

  Howard Foxhugh : Cynthia?

  Curly : Yeah, if we don't break this up they're liable to do something terrible like get married.

  [Les kicks Curly in the leg] 

  Curly : Ow! What did you kick me for?

  Les : It's nothing to worry about. Cynthia isn't even Mike's type.

  Larry : Oh, well sure! Who'd want to marry a gorgeous millionairess?

  Curly : Yeah!

  Les : Not me.

  [Larry and Curly both at once kick Les in the leg. She screams in pain] 

  Les : Ow! Oh! Ow! Oh!

• Mike McCoy : So you're the kook.

  Howard Foxhugh : I'm the kook.

• Howard Foxhugh : He drives a Duesenberg, he races a Cobra, and he told me to go to hell. He's quite a boy.

• Cynthia Foxhugh : And then, he kissed me.

  Howard Foxhugh : Kissed you? That wasn't in the deal.

  Philip : That's disgusting!

  Howard Foxhugh : Oh, wait till somebody kisses you. You'll feel differently.

• Cynthia Foxhugh : You are a snob.

  Howard Foxhugh : I am not.

  Cynthia Foxhugh : My hip, modern Daddy is a snob.

• Howard Foxhugh : Imagination built this car. It needs imagination to drive it. That's why I want you.

  Mike McCoy : Mister, if she feels as good as she looks, you've got a deal.

• Diana St. Clair : Mr. Foxhugh, we've just met. You don't even know me.

  Howard Foxhugh : No? I've read everything you've written and, believe me, I know you. You told a lot of intimate things about yourself. In bed, you don't wear any...

  Diana St. Clair : Okay, okay. You know me.

• Mike McCoy : I'm gonna beat you Mr. Foxhugh. I'll beat the pants off you.

  Howard Foxhugh : I'll be waiting for you at the finish line. We'll see whose got pants on.

• Howard Foxhugh : My daughter's birthday is on the 15th. I want you to give a private performance, just for her.

  Mike McCoy : I thought it was a gag. You mean you'd pay all that money just for one song? For one little girl?

  Howard Foxhugh : After all, it's her birthday.

  Mike McCoy : Why don't you get her a Teddy Bear.

  Howard Foxhugh : She wants you.