Arsène Lupin (1932)
John Barrymore: Duke of Charmerace
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Arsène Lupin : [fetching Sonia's evening gown from the maid and holding it up to admire it] Well, here we are. It's very nice! It's a little naughty. It's very ni - Do you think your father the general would approve of this?
Sonia : My father the general always said that a gentleman was a man who never went to bed with his spurs on.
Arsène Lupin : Isn't that a pity. I'm so fond of horses. I could give up riding...?
Sonia : Give me that dress!
Arsène Lupin : You can't get into it alone
Sonia : The maid will help me.
Arsène Lupin : The maid? I know more about unhooking than any maid in Paris.
Sonia : Yes, but I want this one hooked.
[she reaches for the dress, which he holds out of reach]
Sonia : I'm going to stay right here in this bed until you leave this room!
[Chamerace walks over to the window and prepares to toss out the dress]
Sonia : What are you doing?
Arsène Lupin : Well, if you're going to stay in bed you won't need the dress.
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Sonia : [to Chamerace, who has entered his bedroom to find her naked in his bed] Stay out of here. Stay out of here!
Arsène Lupin : How do you do?
Sonia : Close that door!
Arsène Lupin : Certainly.
[closes door, staying inside the room]
Sonia : Won't you please go?
Arsène Lupin : Certainly. But first, let me ask, how do you like my bed?
Sonia : Well, I didn't mean to, really. I was cold.
Arsène Lupin : Oh, yes, it is a cold night for May. However, don't you think Paris is charming in the spring?
Sonia : Well, I prefer Russia. You see, I come from there.
Arsène Lupin : Really? How delightful! I have a passion for caviar. Was your father, the general - I presume your father was a general?
Sonia : Of the Imperial Army.
Arsène Lupin : Ah, yes. Was your father, the general, fond of caviar?
Sonia : He ate it on pancakes, for breakfast.
Arsène Lupin : Did he?
[They laugh]
Arsène Lupin : Stay for breakfast. We'll have caviar.
Sonia : Sir, aren't you overstepping the bounds of convention?
Arsène Lupin : My dear lady, didn't you leave those behind when you stepped into my bed?
Sonia : Oh, I assure you, my being here is no pleasure.
Arsène Lupin : Ah, but the night is still young.
Sonia : Oh, sir!
[she re-arranges herself in the bed, and Chamerace can see her naked back]
Arsène Lupin : Pardon me, but I think your dress has slipped
Sonia : I haven't any on.
Arsène Lupin : Is that a little Russian custom? Hmm?
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Arsène Lupin : [to Sonia] Do you want to go back to your solitaire, or would you prefer something that requires *two* people?
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Arsène Lupin : You'd better watch it, gentlemen. And, uh, by the way, if he, uh, if he attempts to escape, perhaps you'd have to shoot.
Sheriff's Man : To kill?
Arsène Lupin : Well, the reward said 'Dead or alive', didn't it?
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Arsène Lupin : [rushing in with the Mona Lisa wrapped around his umbrella] I've got it! I got it right under Guerchard's nose. Look! There she is, wrapped around my umbrella, but still smiling.
[He lets out his peculiar, snorting laugh]
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Arsène Lupin : Gournay-Martin!
Gaston Gourney-Martin : Chamerace! When did you get down?
Arsène Lupin : Just a few minutes ago. I thought you were Arsène Lupin!
Gaston Gourney-Martin : And I thought you were!
Arsène Lupin : You, uh, appear to be robbing your own safe.
Gaston Gourney-Martin : No, no, no. You see, I have a lot of bonds in there. And I was a bit nervous. Bonds, they say, I got illegally. But nevertheless, I want to keep them.
Arsène Lupin : I don't blame you. It's a funny-looking safe you've got there. It, uh, has no combination.
Gaston Gourney-Martin : No, it hasn't. Open it.
Arsène Lupin : What?
Gaston Gourney-Martin : Go on, open it.
Arsène Lupin : All right.
[Lupin confidently reaches for the handle and gets electrocuted. He screams in pain]
Gaston Gourney-Martin : [laughing] That's the electric current! Try to get away.
Arsène Lupin : Damn it, I can't! This is a great idea. I congratulate you.
[He touches Gournay-Martin, zapping him]
Gaston Gourney-Martin : That hurts!
Arsène Lupin : Yeah, doesn't it? Can't you get your hand away?
Gaston Gourney-Martin : No, I can't. Wait till I turn off the switch!
[He does so. Lupin relaxes]
Gaston Gourney-Martin : Well, I'm very well protected against our friend Lupin, don't you think?
Arsène Lupin : I should say so. You know, you'd be just as well off if I weren't here.
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Arsène Lupin : If you sleep through what I'm going to do to you, you're not the woman I think you are.
[He calmly pours a jug of water over Sonia, interrupting her feigned trance, then leaves]