Boomerang! (1947)

Wyrley Birch: Father George A. Lambert

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• Off-Screen Narrator : But his everyday work was with the people of his parish, and especially with those who sought his advice and counsel. Since he was a man of God, his labors sometimes led him into the strange and secret places of men's souls. He was just and forgiving, but he was also a man, and a stern and uncompromising judge of character.

  Father George A. Lambert : [speaking to an anguished-looking middle-aged man]  Stop that! Even if I wanted to forgive you, I... I couldn't. It's out of my hands.

  [pause] 

  Father George A. Lambert : Jim, you're a sick man.

  Jim Crossman : But Father, I...

  Father George A. Lambert : We've been through it all before. I can't help you. The sanitarium, perhaps...

  Jim Crossman : No, I won't! If... if people would just...

  Father George A. Lambert : It's not people, son, it's you. I've told you that before. This time, fortunately, no great harm has been done. But the next time... No, I can't let you go any longer. It's got to be a sanitarium. Have you spoken to your mother about this?

  Jim Crossman : [panicked]  You wouldn't tell her!

  Father George A. Lambert : I haven't spoken to anyone.

  Jim Crossman : What about Father Gardiner?

  Father George A. Lambert : Oh, Jim, you're starting all over again. This is just between the two of us. I prefer that you make up your own mind, son, but if you can't... I won't wait long. For your own sake, I can't wait long.

  [Jim slowly turns his head toward the priest, looking dazed and frightened, then turns and walks away]