The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

"Look! I don't like to get pushed around. I don't like people I like to be pushed around. I don't like anybody to get pushed around."

"Go ahead and hit me, Sam. I've got it coming."

"I missed a bus once and I was lucky. I wanted to see if I could be lucky twice."

"[Offering a hotel room Gideon Bible] I'll loan you a book for a couple of cigarettes if you don't mind what kind of book it is."

"Hotel clerk: There's half as many baths as there is rooms. Half the rooms has a bath and half hasn't; that's one way of looking at it. Another is - for each two rooms one has a bath in the middle and the other hasn't - or - you might say - there's a half a bath to each of two rooms."

"Mrs. Ivers: [to Mr. O'Neill] I know why you offered to tutor Martha. I know why you've made Walter do his daily lessons with her. I know why you want him to live here. A scholarship for Walter, that's why! But I'm not a foundation, Mr. O'Neil. I don't care if Walter drives a truck or goes to Harvard. Probably be a lot happier driving a truck."

"Barbara Stanwyck - Martha Ivers"

"Van Heflin - Sam Masterson"

"Lizabeth Scott - Antonia "Toni" Marachek"

"Kirk Douglas - Walter O'Neil"

"Roman Bohnen - Mr. O'Neil"

"Judith Anderson - Mrs. Ivers"

"Janis Wilson - young Martha Ivers"

"Darryl Hickman - young Sam Masterson"

"Mickey Kuhn - young Walter O'Neil"