Angela Lansbury
(as Minnie Littlejohn)
Minnie Littlejohn:
I made plans, Will, matrimonial plans.
Will Varner: Now you ain't ever heard me say the word matrimony.
Minnie Littlejohn: Well now, I'm willing to overlook that.
Will Varner: Now you ain't ever heard me say the word matrimony.
Minnie Littlejohn: Well now, I'm willing to overlook that.
Orson Welles
(as Will Varner)
Minnie Littlejohn:
Will Varner, I heard you was in that fire!
Will Varner: Simmer down, Minnie. You ain't a rich widow yet.
Will Varner: Simmer down, Minnie. You ain't a rich widow yet.
Lee Remick
(as Eula Varner)
Lee Remick
(as Eula Varner)
Joanne Woodward
(as Clara Varner)
Auctioneer:
This is gonna be about the most expensive chicken supper you ever had, boy, but worth every cent of it, considering the charming company you're gonna be eating it in. I, uh, I hope you're gonna give him dessert for that price, Clara.
Clara: He'll get his just deserts, all right.
Clara: He'll get his just deserts, all right.
Paul Newman
(as Ben Quick)
Angela Lansbury
(as Minnie Littlejohn)
[Minnie Littlejohn proposing marriage to Will Varner]
Minnie Littlejohn: Look, honey. It's no good you trying to tell me you're too old. I happen to be in a position to deny it.
Minnie Littlejohn: Look, honey. It's no good you trying to tell me you're too old. I happen to be in a position to deny it.
Orson Welles
(as Will Varner)
[to Jody Varner]
Will Varner: I put down a big footprint. I said: 'Here. Step here. Fill it.' You never did.
Will Varner: I put down a big footprint. I said: 'Here. Step here. Fill it.' You never did.