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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Bud Abbott: Ted Higgins

The Noose Hangs High

Bud Abbott credited as playing...

Ted Higgins

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Quotes12

  • Ted Higgins: What makes you so dumb?
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: It just comes naturally.
  • Ted Higgins: I'd like to have a tooth pulled. I want no anesthetic and I don't care how much it hurts.
  • Dentist's Assistant: Oh my, what a brave man you are! What tooth is it?
  • Ted Higgins: [turns to Tommy] Show her the tooth.
  • Ted Higgins: I'm always nervous when I handle money.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: I'm always nervous when I don't handle it.
  • Ted Higgins: We're as honest as the day is long.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: That includes Daylight Savings.
  • Ted Higgins: You take the money. They'd never suspect you.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: I don't want the money. I'd only spend it on silly things.
  • Ted Higgins: Is she in the living room?
  • Hilda, the Maid: No. She's indisposed.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: [starts pushing his way in] We'll see her in there.
  • Ted Higgins: What if you had 5 dollars in one pant's pocket and 10 dollars in the other pants pocket. What would you have?
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: Someone else's pants.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: I like worcester shire sheer shauce.
  • Ted Higgins: You like what?
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: Wooster sheer shire sauce.
  • Ted Higgins: You like worcestershire sheershire shauce?
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: You can't even say it!
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: Look at that wall over there. Isn't that a beautiful wall? You know what it reminds me of?
  • Ted Higgins: What?
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: [points at a different wall] That wall over here.
  • Ted Higgins: Oh stop. Walls are walls.
  • Ted Higgins: You don't even know what a husband is!
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: A husband is what's left of a sweetheart after the nerve has been killed.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: 20 thousand laws in this city and we can't find one to break.
  • Ted Higgins: Now don't get excited, Tommy. I'll get you out of this mess and get you in jail.
  • Ted Higgins: We'll bet on Lolly at 30 to 1.
  • Tommy Hinchcliffe: 30 to 1? How can we do that? It's already quarter to!

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