The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Barbara Stanwyck: Lorna Bounty
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Quotes
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Lorna Bounty : It is difficult for anyone to speak when you listen only to yourself.
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Dr. Roland : I can keep him alive only so long as he wishes to exist.
Lorna Bounty : You flatter yourself.
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Dr. Roland : Miss Bounty, I told him one glass of sherry. Just one glass. He's consuming the entire decanter. It's suicide. Pure suicide.
Lorna Bounty : In that case, he has been committing suicide, as you put it, for 40 years.
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Lorna Bounty : Lingerie from Paris. One can always tell.
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Joseph Martin : How do you look to yourself?
Lorna Bounty : A man's eyes are a better test than any mirror. How do I look to you? Go ahead, tell me. I want to know.
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Dupin : Could I serve you some tea?
Lorna Bounty : Tea?
Lorna Bounty : Well, some wine, perhaps?
Dupin : You would be preserving my life.
Lorna Bounty : A sufficient reason.
Dupin : There are also sufficient reasons not to preserve it. But, I am not the man to disclose them.
Lorna Bounty : That's understandable.
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Lorna Bounty : Have you known her long?
Dupin : That depends on how you look at time.
Lorna Bounty : I don't look at it with much favor - being a woman.
Dupin : A very beautiful one.
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Lorna Bounty : He is very old and very ill and last night he drank more wine than is good for him.
Dupin : You can't imagine how impossible that sounds to me.
Lorna Bounty : I don't have to imagine it. I can see it.
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Joseph Martin : You act as if you've seen him before.
Lorna Bounty : No. But I think I'll see him again.
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Lorna Bounty : He wants me to sing for him. But I'm going to sing for you.
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Lorna Bounty : If I told you something flattering, would you believe it?
Dupin : Only if it were flattering.
Lorna Bounty : Then I'll be frank about it. I can't remember when I've met a man who intrigues me as much as you do.
Dupin : Do you forget easily?
Lorna Bounty : No, I don't.
Dupin : Then I'll be equally frank and tell you that I - find you equally intriguing.
Lorna Bounty : Well, at least we've broken the ice.
Dupin : Now we can drowned together.
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Lorna Bounty : A man has a right to live as he pleases.
Dupin : And die as he pleases.
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Lorna Bounty : If I were your friend, I would help you. You owe money at the Tavern. You can't pay your rent.
Dupin : A bribe?
Lorna Bounty : That's not a very *friendly* thing to say.
Dupin : A gift then.
Lorna Bounty : Couldn't we call it a loan?
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Dupin : You've discovered both my weaknesses.
Lorna Bounty : To understand another's weaknesses, is the first rule of friendship.
Dupin : The second?
[moves Lorna in close]
Lorna Bounty : To understand another's strengh.
[Dupin kisses Lorna]
Lorna Bounty : That was very impulsive.
Dupin : Under the circumstances, it was inevitable. I think I'd better say good night.
Lorna Bounty : I suppose that was inevitable too.
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Lorna Bounty : You're obviously a man of honor. Otherwise, you would not be saying good night.
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Lorna Bounty : Theverner made me feel I could be a great actress. In time, I would be Ophelia and Juliet.
Dupin : And Lady MacBeth?
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Lorna Bounty : Preserving your life may become a little monotonous.
Dupin : Not to me.
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Lorna Bounty : Ten years is a long time to care for a mountain of selfishness.
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Dupin : Someday I'll be a man not to hard to find. If anyone bothers to look.
Lorna Bounty : Someone will.