Sophie and the Rising Sun Quotes

[first lines] Dr. Gilbert: [examining stranger]Know who he is?
Sheriff Cooper: Don't know why he ended up here. Got no wallet. Not a penny in his pocket. His bus was comin' from New York City. He mighta gotten on anywhere between there and here. Poor fella.
Dr. Gilbert: These are worker's hands. Could be a farmer.
Boy: Is that a Chinaman, Dr. Gilbert?
Dr. Gilbert: Sure is, Zack.
Sheriff Cooper: What's your name, boy?
Stranger: [straining]Ohta.
Sheriff Cooper: Don't even talk English.

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Ruth Jeffers: I stopped by to suggest that your new girl take the Chinaman over to the African Methodist church.
Anne Morrison: Why can't he go to *your* church?
Ruth Jeffers: Oh, Anne!
Anne Morrison: Why not?
Ruth Jeffers: Well, do I have to spell it out? He's not white.
Anne Morrison: Well, he's not negro either.
Ruth Jeffers: Well, he's yellow, and that's colored.

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Grover Ohta: I am the first son born in America.
Sophie Willis: So you have brothers who were born in China?
Grover Ohta: Japan. I was born in California.
Sophie Willis: Everyone thinks you're Chinese.
Grover Ohta: I don't mind.

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[last lines] Anne Morrison: What you doin' down here? Don't you scold me. What happened?
Salome Whitmore: [limping toward the house]They made it.
Anne Morrison: Who? Mr. Ohta...
Salome Whitmore: And Sophie.
Anne Morrison: Oh! You're hurt. Now you come inside. I'll make us a cup o' tea.

Movie: Sophie and the Rising Sun