Tommy Gordon Quotes in Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Edward 'Eddie' Smith: [to judge] I knew all that stuff about you helping us was baloney. I'll tell you why we can't go home--because our folks are poor. They can't get jobs and there isn't enough to eat. What good will it do you to send us home to starve? You say you've got to send us to jail to keep us off the streets. Well, that's a lie. You're sending us to jail because you don't want to see us. You want to forget us. But you can't do it because I'm not the only one. There's thousands just like me, and there's more hitting the road every day.

Tommy Gordon: You read in the papers about giving people help. The banks get it. The soldiers get it. The breweries get it. And they're always yelling about giving it to the farmers. What about us? We're kids!

Tommy Gordon: [Just prior to the amputation] Doc?

Dr. Henry A. Heckel: Yes, don.

Tommy Gordon: [Motioning for the doctor to come closer] If I... If I cough... that means it's hurtin' too much.

[Tommy looks around but his friend look away]

Tommy Gordon: You see, I don't want the fellas to think I'm a baby.

Tommy Gordon: Shucks, what do I care about an old leg? Just think, from now on, when i get a pair of new shoes, I'll only have to break in one of them.

Milton 'Milty': You think I'm some dope?

Spit: Yeah, a dope what smells on ice.

Tommy Gordon: Stand up to him, Milty. Stand up to him.

Milton 'Milty': What's a matter? You wanna fight?

Spit: Yeah.

Milton 'Milty': Ya do?

Spit: Yeah!

Milton 'Milty': Well, join the army!