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Guess the film.

Excuse me while I barf. I will never use this catch phrase – ever. Sorry. Not sorry.

Test your knowledge. Here are ten movie phrases from the 1970s. The movies are well-known, some of the phrases, not so much, but they are true to that movie itself from. I’ve included a bonus phrase.

Let’s go:

“Is it safe”

“Excuse me while I whip this out.”

“Honey, there’s a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick.”

“Terminate with extreme prejudice.”

“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

“My, you have lovely hair. You ever find any spiders in it?”

“Now I’m gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I’m gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie.”

“You’re the same dumb pilgrim that I been hearin’ for twenty days, and smellin’ for three!”

“Isn’t that something? Middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns. Only in L.A.”

“Put… the candle… back!”

Bonus:

“Some people will pay a lot of money for that information; but then your daughter would lose a father, instead of gaining a husband.”

Answers:

Marathon Man – Dr. Szell (Laurence Olivier), the concentration camp doctor, is holding Thomas Levy (Dustin Hoffman) captive in this mystery thriller. Szell is a wanted Nazi, who suspects he is at risk of being caught. He is holding dental instruments as he questions Levy, who is tied to the dental chair.

Blazing Saddles – Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) is meeting the town people for the first time. They were not expecting a black sheriff. When he says he’s whipping something out, he means a document, they fear it’s a private part.

Annie Hall – Alvy (Woody Allen) is visiting Annie (Diane Keaton), early in there relationship and discovers a spider that he intends to kill, impressing her that’s he’s a manly man.

Apocalypse Now – Capt. Willard (Martin Sheen) is told that he is ordered to remove Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) with all the necessary measures to silence him – to kill him.

Animal House – Dean Wormer chastises Flounder for his very low GPA as he intends to punish the Delta House fraternity and kick them off campus.

The Longest Yard – Convict Paul Crew is conversing with the warden secretary, who wears her long hair stacked high on her head. It’s his way of small-talk.

The French Connection – As he arrests a suspect for drug possession, Sgt. Popeye Doyle is badgering him, throwing in the bit about being in Poughkeepsie. Doyle has this thing about accusing perps with a Poughkeepsie reference. Doyle is cop with many issues.

Jeremiah Johnson – Mountain man Bear Claw (Will Geer) is telling recent arrival Jeremiah Johnson that his inexperience puts him in danger.

Chinatown – The coroner is performing an autopsy on Mullray, the Water Commissioner and makes this remark to Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson).

Young Frankenstein – Dr. Frankenstein is caught in the revolving bookcase that leads to the secret chamber in the castle. He’s instructing Inga to replace the candle in the holder that will open the bookcase to free him.

Bonus:

The Godfather – There are so many quotes from this film, most of them in the common vernacular. This quote is from Michael Corleone when he is hiding in Sicily for committing two murders. He is talking to the father of a young woman he intends to marry.