We all know that James Cagney’s most famous line from his sixty-eight motion pictures was “You dirty rat! You’re the guy that killed my brother!” Alas, like so many other – quote – “famous lines” – unquote – this most famous of famous lines was never delivered.
What Cagney actually said is, “The dirty rat kills Danny and you help him get away with it!” The film Taxi is the source of the “you dirty rat” legend however, as a few scenes later, as Cagney exclaims to the killer, “Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat or I’ll give it to ya through the door!” It is true that very early in the film, Cagney mumbles something that sounds a little like “dirty rat” but it definitely is not “YOU dirty rat.
Incidently, James Cagney had to be taught how to drive for the movie Taxi! Since he was a New Yorker without much need to drive in the 1930s, he had not learned to drive up until that point!
Anyway when it comes to the Underhive everything and everyone is dirty, except may be for those high born Spyrer scum! Ratskins are no exception. Here is the second lot of “dirty Ratskins”!
The next lot of ten Ratskins
Ratskin Leader with Lasgun
Ratskin with shotgun
Ratskins with Lasgun
Ratskin Braves (or Juves) with assorted weapons
Tomorrow the last of the Ratskins (I hope).
Another great batch of Ratskins Dave
Ta Dave.
Very cool! I need to get back to my Ratskins one day – as with so many others, though your pics here do make me want to bust them out early…
Unfortunately for mine they have waited to almost last as well.
Those are great. Really like them.
Cheers,
Pete.
Thanks Pete.
Man, that’s such a famous line too. Even though it never happened, memory is such a crazy thing! The next batch of rat skins are looking nice too! 🙂
Yep happens a lot. Bogart never said “Play it again Sam” in Casablanca either!
Oh man, my world is ruined! I can only imagine how many other things are misquoted. Probably a website out there or two!
A learned colleague of mine once said “Wow man things are never misquoted” (Faust November 2022) so there is no need to worry.
Looking good – for dirty ratskins! Cheers Dave.
Thanks again Mark.