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OneLiner — June 22, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

Matinee

The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last.

Answer: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ()

Gene Wilder agreed to play the eccentric chocolatier only if his entrance involved the limping-then-tumbling cane trick — so the audience would never know whether the character was lying or telling the truth from that moment forward.

Primetime

Badges? We ain't got no badges!

Answer: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ()

Ranked #36 on AFI's list. The line is widely misquoted as 'We don't need no stinking badges' — a paraphrase popularized by later films like Blazing Saddles. Directed by John Huston, starring his father Walter Huston, who won Best Supporting Actor.

Midnight

Oh, what a day! What a lovely day!

Answer: Mad Max: Fury Road ()

George Miller spent roughly 17 years trying to make the film. The shoot lasted 138 days in the Namibian desert, with most of the spectacle achieved practically rather than via CGI. Nicholas Hoult delivers the line as the war boy Nux.

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