How is “the damnedest” used?

In Barfly (1987), one line is: “Yeah, you're the damnedest barfly I've ever seen.”

Which movie is “the damnedest” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Barfly (1987).

Yeah, you're the damnedest barfly I've ever seen.

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the most surprising…; The most extreme or thorough example of a person or kind, used to praise or to blame

アメリカ英語 · 10 本の映画に登場

オックスフォード映画の 75%
the most surprising…
Isn't that the damnedest thing?
It's the damnedest thing.
編集映画の 25%
The most extreme or thorough example of a person or kind, used to praise or to blame

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版