Dennis the Menace

Dennis The Menace Vital Stats

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Release date 1993

Duration 94 min

Producer(s) Ernest Chambers, John Hughes, William Ryan...more

Director(s) Nick Castle...more

Writer(s) Hank Ketcham, John Hughes...more

Cast Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright...more

Genre Comedy,

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Dennis The Menace Quotes

 Andrea:
Hi, mom.
Mrs. Alice Mitchell:
Good morning.
Andrea:
I hear you're trying to beg off the Oklahoma City trip.
Mrs. Alice Mitchell:
I asked that it be rescheduled.
Andrea:
Have a Cub Scout meeting or something?
Mrs. Alice Mitchell:
My husband has a trip at the same time. His was scheduled before mine.
Andrea:
So, if you and your husband travel at the same time, there's no one to watch your kid. Is that the problem?
Mrs. Alice Mitchell:
It's not a problem, per se.
Andrea:
Oh, good. Because if you want to blow off your trip, I'm the one who has to cover for you, and I have plans I can't break. I don't have kids but I do have a life. I'm sorry. I'm just not gonna be able to help you. [Andrea leaves]
Mrs. Alice Mitchell:
God...
 

 George Wilson:
Who else has a night-blooming mock orchid flowering this year?
Mrs. Martha Wilson:
It's an awfully homely-looking plant, George.
George Wilson:
Hang the looks at the thing! It opens before your eyes in the light of a full moon. It's a marvel, Martha. 40 years to mature and blossom. The flower opens and withers in a matter of moments. [Mr. and Mrs. Wilson approach a rare mock orchid kept alive for 40 years]
George Wilson:
There isn't a gardener in town who has a plant that requires a 40-year investment for ten seconds of splendor.
 

 Dennis:
I'm sorry I'm not having a very fun camping trip.
Switchblade Sam:
Nobody shoots a marble at my head and sets my pants on fire!
Dennis:
That was an accident.
Switchblade Sam:
[picks him up and stands him up] There ain't gonna be no more accidents! Turn around! [Dennis shrugs and does so, Sam ties up Dennis's legs with rope]
Dennis:
You're doing it wrong.
Switchblade Sam:
Get lost. I tied up lots of guys in my life.
Dennis:
Okay, but I bet you never tied up a five-year-old. I'll just get out.
Switchblade Sam:
I'll make this rope so tight, you won't be able to move.
Dennis:
The rope's too big and my legs are too small to make it tight enough. There's only one way to do it, and I know because lots of people have tried to tie me up, but it doesn't work. But you try it your way. I'll just get out and you'll just have to keep doing it.
 

 George Wilson:
[angry about Alice Mitchell's cancelled flight] Over my dead body! This is the crowning moment of my retired life, and I'm not throwing it away like the evening trash for some ninny who can't get her keister to the airport on time!
Mrs. Martha Wilson:
George Wilson, you have no right to insult Alice! She can't help the weather any more than you or I.
George Wilson:
Well, she...
Mrs. Martha Wilson:
It's just plain bad luck! It's no one's fault.
George Wilson:
A tragedy of this magnitude has to be somebody's fault, Martha!
Mrs. Martha Wilson:
It isn't a tragedy! A little boy's going to join us for a party. Uh, if you want to forsake your neighbors when they need help, you do it alone.
George Wilson:
Why is it when everyone else feasts on the pleasure of life, I get the indigestion?
Mrs. Martha Wilson:
Because you're an old grump!
 



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