Hank Fallon Quotes in White Heat (1949)

[last lines]

Philip Evans: Cody Jarrett...

Hank Fallon: He finally got to the top of the world... and it blew right up in his face.

Hank Fallon: You put it on a pole, wind a spool of silk thread around it, and you hold the pole over the water. Then you sit under a nice shady tree and relax. After a while, a hungry fish comes along, takes a nip at your hook, and you've got dinner. For the next two weeks, I'm not gonna think about anything except the eternal struggle between man and the fish...

Cody Jarrett: [Fallon is hiding the tracking device under the phony fuel truck] What are you doin'? We're on our way.

Hank Fallon: You gotta have a chain bouncin' the ground - get rid of electricity.

Cody Jarrett: That's only when you got gasoline or chemicals sloppin' around inside.

Hank Fallon: You wanna have some traffic cop think you got a load of somethin' else?

Cody Jarrett: That's usin' your head, kid. All right, snap it up.

[Jarrett walks off]

Hank Fallon: I've been promised a vacation. You remember?

Philip Evans: Sorry, Hank, that's out.

Hank Fallon: Phil, look at me. College degree, lovable personality, and I spend most of my time in prison. An undercover specialist. Eight sentences in five years. Dannemora, Sing Sing, Leavenworth. I joined the department to put criminals behind bars, and here I am stir crazy.

Hank Fallon: What's holding him up?