Memorable quotes for
Father Goose (1964)

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Catherine Freneau: Look at their clothes.
Walter Eckland: They're my clothes.
Catherine Freneau: But they're filthy.
Walter Eckland: No, they're dirty, I'm filthy.

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Walter Eckland: So far you're shared me out of my clothes, my food and my house. Now, how about sharing some of my things with me.

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Catherine Freneau: Do you have a boat?
Walter Eckland: No. I walked.

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Walter Eckland: [about the Coast Watching Service] We've been friends for a long time. Do you really think you can talk me into it?
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: No, I suppose you're right. Stebbings, confiscate all the small craft on this pier.
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: But this is the only one there is, Sir.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Confiscate it.
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: Yes, sir.
Walter Eckland: Frank, you can't do that! I'll go over your head! Who's in charge here?
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: He is!
Walter Eckland: Frank, you can't do that to me! That boat's all I have!
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: You said we've been friends for a long time, Walter. Do you really think you can talk me out of it?

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Walter Eckland: Great blood!

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Catherine Freneau: [Eckland has sucked the "poison" from Catherine's "snakebite"] Tell me, I would like to know - what did my blood taste like?
Walter Eckland: Delicious. Now come on.
[he tries to take her coconut full of whiskey]
Catherine Freneau: No, no, no, I'm serious. What did it taste like?
Walter Eckland: Well how would I know? I'm not a vampire,
Catherine Freneau: Um, was it salty?
Walter Eckland: Mmm, a little salty, yes.
Catherine Freneau: Too salty?
Walter Eckland: No, it was just right.
Catherine Freneau: Oh, no! You thought it was too salty, I can tell! You didn't like it!
[she seems on the verge of crying]
Walter Eckland: I liked it!
Catherine Freneau: Oh, really?
Walter Eckland: Uh-huh, I liked it!
Catherine Freneau: You're not just saying that?
Walter Eckland: Great blood!

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Walter Eckland: Frank. Kiss my foot Frank.

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Anne: You stepped on my foot.
Walter Eckland: You put it under mine.

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Walter Eckland: Let me tell you I am not a father figure. I am not a brother figure or an uncle figure or a cousin figure. In fact, the only figure I intend being is a total stranger figure.

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Catherine Freneau: I have an infuriating lack of talent for doing simple things.
Walter Eckland: You probably don't do them right, that's why.

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[catching a fish barehanded. A fish swims toward them]
Walter Eckland: [In a hushed voice] Hey, here she comes again.
Catherine Freneau: How do you know it's a "she"?
Walter Eckland: Her mouth is open, now be quiet.

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Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: Mother Goose is requesting a chaplain.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: A chaplain? Good heavens, he's killed her.
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: No, sir. They want to get married.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Married? Goody Two-Shoes and the Filthy Beast?

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Walter Eckland: Lady, you are making a powerful enemy.

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Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: I say, where are you going with those?
Walter Eckland: Do you know who I am?
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: Well, no.
Walter Eckland: We'll let it go this time.

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Walter Eckland: [to the French girls] You two get in the bottom of the boat.
[pause]
Walter Eckland: Get in the bottom of the boat!
Catherine Freneau: They don't understand English.
Walter Eckland: Sure they do.
[puts them in the boat]
Walter Eckland: See?

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Elizabeth Anderson: Mr. Eckland got Jenny to speak.
Walter Eckland: I created a monster. A talking person.

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Catherine Freneau: [Jenny hands Walter a whiskey bottle] Jenny!
Walter Eckland: Why, how strange!
Jenny: What?
Walter Eckland: That you should bring me this.
Jenny: I've done it before.
Walter Eckland: No you haven't.
Jenny: Yes I have.
Walter Eckland: Shut up.

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Catherine Freneau: Quick, get him something to drink.
[Jenny gets bottle of whiskey for Walter]
Catherine Freneau: JENNY!
Jenny: What? I've done it before.
Walter Eckland: No, you haven't.
Jenny: Yes, I have.
Walter Eckland: Shut up.

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Walter Eckland: All those miles of open sea and back again a man would need something to keep warm, now, wouldn't he?
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: 2 bottles.
Walter Eckland: All of them, Frank.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Three.
Walter Eckland: All of them, Frank.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Five.
Walter Eckland: All of them, Frank.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Got a pencil?

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Commander Frank Houghton RAN: There's a bit of paperwork to fill out, Walter. Who's the Maid of Honor?
Catherine Freneau: Umm, Elizabeth Anderson.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: And the Best Man?
Walter Eckland: Uh, Harry MacGregor.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Harry?
Walter Eckland: Just believe me.

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Commander Frank Houghton RAN: [Speaking of Walter] I believe I've found our nail, Sir. A rusty one I grant you, but they don't come any sharper.

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Commander Frank Houghton RAN: [Telling Walter the code-names to be used on the radio] I'm Big Bad Wolf, Stebbings here is Bo Peep, and you're...
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: Mother Goose, Sir.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: That's it. You're Mother Goose. Now try and remember all that, Walter. It's bloody important.
Walter Eckland: Yeah, bloody.

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Walter Eckland: [after Catherine threw the rifle in the water] No, no, no! Not that! We'd had a use for that!

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Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Bride's full name?
Catherine Freneau: Catherine Louise Marie Ernestine Freneau.
Walter Eckland: [Gives Catherine a strange look] Eh!
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Groom's full name?
Walter Eckland: Walter Christopher Eckland.

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Catherine Freneau: How in English do you say "parachute"?
Walter Eckland: Uh... Parachute.

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Walter Eckland: Maybe if you stopped straightening pictures and let men wear their own pants, maybe they'd be able to touch you without asking "permesso!"

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Walter Eckland: [after bring the girls back to the island, Mr. Eckland is sitting eating while all the girls watch him] If you're waiting for the big finale, I'm sorry this is all I do.

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Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: We could have transferred George Dickens from the interior if he hadn't gotten himself eaten that way.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: You needn't make him sound such a shirker, Stebbings.

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[Walter is about to go do something very dangerous]
Catherine Freneau: Walter! I look awful in black.

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[Eckland has just discovered that there was no snake when Houghton, who believes Catherine is dead, is calling]
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Walter? Are you there, Walter? I have the chaplain, I thought it might be a comfort if he said a few words.
Walter Eckland: Never mind the chaplain, Frank. She's alive. The snake's dead.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Walter, explain yourself.
[Eckland puts down the microphone]
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Walter? Walter?
[shouting]
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Walter!

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[last lines]
Walter Eckland: I wonder if they serve coconut milk on submarines...

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Walter Eckland: [grabs one of the girls suitcases out of her hand and throws it in the water. Ms. Freneau begins to protest] This isn't the Queen Mary; we don't have room for luggage.

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