Born to Be Bad
1934 · 62 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 1,313 VOTES · DIR. Lowell Sherman
Overview
Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Letty teaches her child to lie, steal, cheat and anything else he'll need to be street smart.
Dialogue Timeline — 815 lines
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00:01:37 Are you looking at the same thing I am?
00:04:10 Yes. Please. Just one more chance is all I ask.
00:06:20 I don't have to wait for someday. I think you're swell right now.
00:08:18 I'll be out in a minute, Fuzzy.
00:10:11 A buttinsky, maybe. Well, you're wrong.
00:12:02 Someday you're gonna wake up and realize what a mistake you made.
00:14:13 You were born in the back room of his bookstore, honey.
00:16:46 Bye.
00:19:32 - But sometimes, it feels like needles and pins, right here. - Uh-huh.
00:21:44 Attendant, darken the room, draw those curtains.
00:24:14 Remember everything I told you. Use your head.
00:27:40 - Only get him out of there. - Well, there's one way.
00:29:43 - Oh, out in the country. - Is it far from New York?
00:31:38 - Thanks. - Get a load of the waddle, Ma.
00:34:38 It isn't my junk. It's ours... yours too.
00:36:53 Mm-hmm. I ought to slap the daylights out of you, you little brat!
00:38:54 I'm not interested in the money angle. I want Mickey.
00:41:07 [Letty] I can't give him up. Every time I think of it, I'm sick.
00:45:41 I couldn't. I tried, but I couldn't.
00:48:19 I told you that last night, and I meant it. Do you understand?
00:50:30 That won't do, not with Mal.
00:52:47 This... what I'm going through...
00:56:22 You know, all that stuff I told ya about bein' hard, dishin' it out, takin' it?
00:58:23 And what's more, I don't care. I like it. I think it's fine.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed815
Dialogue density13.1 lines / min
First line00:01:37
Final line00:58:23
Production Record
DirectorLowell Sherman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,313