Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Harry Davenport: Mr. Powers

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• Mr. Powers : Foreign correspondent! I could get more news out of Europe looking in a crystal ball.

• Mr. Powers : I don't want any more economists, sages, or oracles bombinating over our cables. I want a reporter! Somebody who doesn't know the difference between an -ism and a kangaroo. A good, honest crime reporter. That's what the Globe needs. That's what Europe needs! There's a crime hatching on that bedeviled continent.

• Mr. Powers : How would you like to cover the biggest story in the world today?

  John Jones : Give me and expense account and I'll cover anything.

  Mr. Powers : I'll give you an expense account.

  John Jones : Okay, What's the story?

  Mr. Powers : Europe.

  John Jones : Well, I'm afraid I'm not exactly equipped, sir, but I can do some reading up.

  Mr. Powers : No no, no reading up. I like you just as you are, Mr. Jones. What Europe needs is a fresh, unused mind.

  John Jones : Foreign correspondent, huh?

  Mr. Powers : No, reporter. I don't want correspondence, I want news.

• John Jones : [Powers is giving Jones instructions on whom he should interview in Europe]  Anyone else?

  Mr. Powers : No.

  John Jones : Well how about Hitler? Don't you think it would be a good idea to pump him? He must have something on his mind.

• Mr. Powers : Wait a minute! I've got something that might pass for an idea.

• Mr. Powers : Well, speak up, young man. You don't mind being Huntley Haverstock do you?

  John Jones : No. A rose by any name, sir.