Sunday Showcase (TV Series)

What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 (1959)

Barbara Rush: Kit Sargent

Quotes 

• Al Manheim : Out here

  [referring to Hollywood] 

  Al Manheim : , success is an aphrodisiac; it smells of

  [pause] 

  Al Manheim : , of musk and lavender. You've got to admit, even you yourself find it attractive. I've been watching you watch Sammy.

  Kit Sargent : You're partly right. Sometimes he drives me into such a rage, I could tear him apart. And the next minute I have a

  [pause] 

  Kit Sargent : crazy desire to hold all that frenzy and violence. Does that make you uncomfortable?

  Al Manheim : Yes, but I'm glad you told me.

  Kit Sargent : So am I. You're a good guy to tell things to, Al. I feel as though I opened a window and hung my mind out to air

  [laughs] 

  Kit Sargent : .

  Al Manheim : [Moving closer beside her and starting to put his arm around her shoulder]  You know that when you open those windows...

  Kit Sargent : [Pulling away abruptly and moving quickly to another part of the balcony they are on]  Shall I mix another batch of cocktails or just some more metaphors?

  Al Manheim : Alright, let's stop talking and just be clever.