Braddock Quotes

Benjamin: [It's morning. Mr. Braddock is in the kitchen. Ben walks in] I'm going to marry Elaine Robinson.
Mr. Braddock: Well, well, well!
[He almost giggles as he crosses to Ben and takes his hand to shake it. Mrs. Braddock appears in the doorway]
Mrs. Braddock: What's happening
Mr. Braddock: Ben says

he and Elaine are getting married.
Mrs. Braddock: I don't believe it.
Mr. Braddock: That what he says. Right?
Benjamin: I'm going up to Berkeley today.
Mrs. Braddock: Oh, Ben. This is so exciting.
Mr. Braddock: Come on, let's call the Robinsons. We've got something to celebrate.

Benjamin: No. I think you'll want to wait on that.
Mr. Braddock: They don't know?
Benjamin: No, they don't.
Mr. Braddock: Well, when did you decide all this?
Benjamin: About an hour ago.
Mr. Braddock: Wait a minute. You talked to Elaine this morning?

Benjamin: No. She doesn't know about it.
Mr. Braddock: She doesn't know that you're coming up to Berkeley?
Benjamin: No. Actually, she doesn't know about us getting married yet.
Mr. Braddock: When did you two talk this over?
Benjamin: We haven't.
Mr. Braddock:

Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked.
Benjamin: No, it's not, Dad. It's completely baked. It's a decision I've made.
Mrs. Braddock: But what makes you think she wants to marry you?
Benjamin: [Ben picks up his suitcase, walks to the door] She doesn't. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me.

Mrs. Braddock: [Ben is shaving in his bathroom] Oh, my.
Benjamin: Hi.
Mrs. Braddock: Hi, can I talk to you for a minute?
Benjamin: Sure.
Mrs. Braddock: Benji... darling, I'm, uh... going to ask you something, but you don't have to tell me if you don't want to.

Benjamin: What?
Mrs. Braddock: Well, I was going to ask you what you do when you go off at night.
Benjamin: When I go out?
Mrs. Braddock: You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to.
Benjamin: No, I do, i want to tell you: I drive around.
Mrs. Braddock: What

else?
Benjamin: Nothing else.
Mrs. Braddock: Well, you don't drive around from midnight til noon the next day, Benjamin?
Benjamin: Oh, no.
Mrs. Braddock: Well then, what do you do? Do you meet someone?
Benjamin: [Benjamin nicks his finger with the razor] Meet someone?

Mrs. Braddock: Hm.
Benjamin: Why do you say that?
Mrs. Braddock: Well, this is your business. I won't play games with you.
Benjamin: No wait, wait! I don't meet anyone, Mother, but why do you say that?
Mrs. Braddock: Benjamin, I don't want to pry into your affairs, but I would rather

you didn't say anything at all than be dishonest. Good night.
[Mrs. Braddock leaves]
Benjamin: Well, wait! Wait a minute!

[last title cards]
Title card: Two years later Jim Braddock put his title on the line against Joe Louis. Jim knocked him down in the first round though Louis went on to win the bout. Joe Louis would always call Jim Braddock the most courageous man he ever fought.
Title card: Jim served honorably in World War II.
Title card: He later owned and operated heavy equipment on the

same docks where he labored during the Great Depression.
Title card: In the early 1960's he helped build the Verrazano Bridge.
Title card: Jim and Mae bought a house in New Jersey with the winnings from the Baer fight. They raised their children in that house and lived there for the rest of their lives.