20 Famous Quotes That Were Never Actually Spoken

By Chris Waugh / August 2, 2016

18. "You Dirty Rat!" - Jimmy Cagney

Another classic phrase, this time attributed to actor Jimmy Cagney, but the White Heat star never actually spoke those words in any of his films.

In fact, he made a point of highlighting this in a speech to the American Film Institute in 1974 when he took to the stage and said: "I never said: 'Mmm, you dirty rat!'"