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"[trying to describe Linda] She was sort of a medium built, medium height. With a nice evening gown on with a belt in the back. She's sorta built like the girl I knew from the corner drugstore who used to play pinball. Conshwella Schlepkiss. I remember she was high man three weeks in a row."
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know."
"A gentle smile often breeds a kick in the pants."
"If I'm not the best manager in the business, I'll eat a garage mechanic's shirt!"
"[about winning Linda back] You could melt her heart right down to butter, if you'd only turn on the heat!"
"Bing Crosby - Jim Hardy"
"Fred Astaire - Ted Hanover"
"Marjorie Reynolds - Linda Mason"
"Virginia Dale - Lila Dixon"
"Walter Abel - Danny Reed"
"Louise Beavers - Mamie"
"Irving Bacon - Gus"
"Marek Windheim - François"
"James Bell - Dunbar"
"John Gallaudet - Parker"
"Shelby Bacon - Vanderbilt"
"Oh, blast all this discussion! What good are words? I'm sick of words. Hang the repercussions and the responsibility! If I fail, I'm responsible. Leave the cell door open. Let him escape. Let him! It's our only chance! Let them threaten me with the bottom pits of hell and still I insist! This obscenity must be destroyed! Do you hear me? Destroyed!"
"Well, who but a Nazi would deny that Karl Marx was a German because he was a Jew?"
"In prison, in Czechoslovakia, a war criminal was awaiting execution. This was Konrad Meinike, one time executive officer for Franz Kindler. He was an obscenity on the face of the earth. The stench of burning flesh was in his clothes. But we gave him his freedom on the chance that he might lead me to Kindler. He led me here, Mrs. Rankin. And here, I lost him. Until yesterday. Your dog, Red, found him for me. But unfortunately, Meinike was dead and buried. Now, in all the world, there is only one person who can identify Franz Kindler. That person is the one who knows, knows definitely, who Meinike came to Harper to see."
"[to Judge Longstreet, about Mary] She has the facts now, but she won't accept them. They're too horrible for her to acknowledge. Not so much that Rankin could be Kindler, but that she could ever have given her love to such a creature. But we have one ally, her subconscious. It knows what the truth is and it's struggling to be heard. The will to truth within your daughter is much too strong to be denied."
"Why wasn't it I... Franz Kindler? Kill me. Kill me, I want you to. I couldn't face life knowing what I've been to you and what I've done to Noah. But when you kill me, don't put your hands on me! [Picks up a fireplace poker] Here! Use this!"
"Mr. Potter: [after Meineke's body is dug up] I knew darn well it was the same feller. 'Course, he's changed some. Uh, being buried in the earth does it."
"Orson Welles - Franz Kindler / Professor Charles Rankin"
"Edward G. Robinson - Mr. Wilson"
"Loretta Young - Mary Longstreet Rankin"
"Philip Merivale - Judge Adam Longstreet (Mary's father)"
"Richard Long - Noah Longstreet (Mary’s brother)"
"Konstantin Shayne - Konrad Meinike"
"Byron Keith - Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence"
"Billy House - Mr. Potter"
"Martha Wentworth - Sara"
"Jojo, relax! Trust me. You're going to wiggle your sweet ass, and he's going to forget all about it."
"So tell me, Junior, how come you're not at your Ivy League school, picking ivy, or whatever you do there?"
"What? You think this is gonna make me marry you? Do you? Well, it's not, cos I don't have to marry an asshole. It's the '80s! Why would I marry an asshole?"
"I mean, if you think about it, Bill and I are so different. Everything he wants, I don't. The marriage, the kids, all that stuff. I mean, I really want that stuff. Real bad. I just don't want it now. He doesn't understand. If he really loved me, he'd wait. But I guess if I really loved him, I'd marry him. Maybe I don't love Bill. But I really do love Bill, though. He really - he understands me so well."
"[to Jojo] I'm tellin' ya, Jo, that I love you. Doesn't that mean anything to you? I think that when people love each other, they should make a commitment. They should have a wedding, in a church, with the blessings of God, for chrissakes! Don't you get it, Jo? I'm telling you - that I love you! And all you love is my dick. Do you know how that makes me feel? Do you?"
"A romantic comedy with the works."
"Discover a movie which hits home about love, friendship, dreams and life. A movie that you'll be talking about long afterwards. Experience something special, something romantic, something honest."
"Annabeth Gish - Katherine "Kat" Araújo"
"Julia Roberts - Daisy Araújo"
"Lili Taylor - Josefina "Jojo" Barbosa"
"Vincent D'Onofrio - William "Bill" Montijo"
"William R. Moses - Tim Travers"
"Adam Storke - Charles Gordon Windsor Jr."
"Conchata Ferrell - Leona"
"Joanna Merlin - Mrs. Araújo"
"Porscha Radcliffe - Phoebe Travers"
"Louis Turenne - Hector 'The Fireside Gourmet' Freshette"
"Janet Zarish - Nikki Travers"
"Arthur Walsh - Manny"
"John Cunningham - Charles Gordon Windsor Sr."
"Ann Flood - Polly Windsor"
"Suzanne Shepherd - Aunt Tweedy"
"Gene Amoroso - Mr. Barbosa"
"Sheila Ferrini - Mrs. Barbosa"
"John Fiore - Jake"
"Lauren O'Brien - Serena Windsor"
"Matt Damon - Steamer Windsor"