Billy Halop credited as playing...
James 'Jimmie' Fletcher
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: Tell me about yourself.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: O.K. My old man is a big millionaire back East so I took a trip to see the country for myself.
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: With a gang of draft dodgers and crooks.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: How did I know they were?
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: You know now.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: You're really crazy about horses, aren't ya?
- Freddie Hewlett: Don't you like them?
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Not unless they put motors inside them and steering wheels on their necks.
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: I'm thinking of sending Jimmy to military school with you when you go.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: [Angry] Military school? What for?
- Freddie Hewlett: That's a fine idea, Uncle Jeff. You'd make a great soldier.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: What are you handing me?
- Freddie Hewlett: Well, I've never seen anybody fight better.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: What's a fight got to do with a soldier? Think I'd go for that 'right face,' "left face,' 'no sir,' ' yes, sir' stuff? Uh uh. Not me.
- Freddie Hewlett: You'd get use to that. I know something about it might help you. And you could enroll in the cavalry with me.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Cavalry? What for? Why don't you think of something I'd like? Aviation work. A guy likes to work with engines.
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: You like engines, Jimmy?
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: Well, I don't like to brag but I can make a Rolls Royce motor out of an old sewing machine.
- Bushy Thomas: Hey, Limey.
- Freddie Hewlett: Hmm?
- Bushy Thomas: How'd you like to join up with us?
- Freddie Hewlett: Doing what?
- Bushy Thomas: Travelin' around. Sort of what you see now. Do ya good. Give ya a chance to see the country.
- Freddie Hewlett: Thanks, but I'm going to a military academy next week for training to join up in what seems to be the only thing that is worth doing right now ... the war. Well, you chaps will be doing your bit soon too, won't you?
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Oh, yeah, sure. Any minute now.
- Bushy Thomas: Hmm.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Well, what about Bushy's proposition? We got the makings of a swell gang and you got real nerve. Lots of it. We could use you.
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: You ever think about your country being at war?
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: What's it to me? What's my country ever done for me? My uncle, the only good guy in the family, was killed in the last war. The old man was a soldier. A lot good it did for him.
- Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson: So, you want to be a tramp.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: There's worse things.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: He asked me so I told 'em.
- Freddie Hewlett: All right.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: All right? What's the matter with you now?
- Freddie Hewlett: Well, it's ... I don't think it was the right thing to tell the names of the other fellows. Of course, I don't blame you but ...
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Why should I take the rap for a bunch of guys that don't mean nothin' to me? I suppose I shoulda told the captain I always put glasses on the ceiling. Old family custom. The Fletchers always get their fun that way.
- Freddie Hewlett: I know it seems silly, but there's a code of honor in schools not to tell on the other fellows.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Code of honor my foot. I don't need no lecture on squealin'. I never ratted on a pal and never will. I guess those guys are my pals. In a pig's ear.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Hey, how come the monkey suit on tonight?
- Freddie Hewlett: Well, it's "new boys' night" tonight. Didn't somebody tell you?
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: How could they? There not talkin' to me.
- Freddie Hewlett: Well, it's where the upperclassmen invite all the new boys to their rooms. They have sandwiches and cakes and things and there's no hazing.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Yeah, well, nobody except Fletcher.
- Freddie Hewlett: Well, there must be something of a mistake, Jim
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Aw, it was no mistake. I know what they think of me, and I know what I think of them. They can have their party.
- Freddie Hewlett: Well, I think I'll stay here and study.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: You're a good guy, Limey, but you're off your nut. I wouldn't let you stay here.
- Freddie Hewlett: Oh, but Jim.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Go on. You think I care.? I got nothing to say to those mugs. I gotta study my English or I'll get balled out again. I'm ok, kid. Don't worry about me. Go on. Have a good time.
- Maj. E.C. Carter - Academy Commandant: Fletcher, I wish you'd listen to me. I want you to stop to think. You must realize what you did was dishonest.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Was I hurting anybody? Who's gonna lose anything if I pass an English exam?
- Maj. E.C. Carter - Academy Commandant: That's not it. There's a principle involved. And as for Hewlett's action in reporting you, he couldn't do anything else. You must see that. You must know the nature of an oath. You swore it yourself.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: A lot of bologna.
- Maj. E.C. Carter - Academy Commandant: No, it isn't. It's the same oath you'd swear if you were in the service of your country.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: My country again. With the kicking around I get, why should I worry about my country?
- Maj. E.C. Carter - Academy Commandant: That's all. Go to your room, Fletcher!
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Are all Limeys stubborn like you?
- Freddie Hewlett: Just as stubborn as all Yanks.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Hey, what's eatin' Bushy? He's different.
- Jockey: What's the matter. Didn't you read the papers when you were up there?
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Naw, I was too busy.
- Jockey: What'cha don't know won't hurt ya.
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Hey, you oughta see me play polo.
- Bushy Thomas: Play what?
- James 'Jimmie' Fletcher: Polo. You know, you play it like basketball ... only on a horse.