Alfie (1966)

[speaking to camera as he is kissing Lily Clamacraft]
Alfie: Well, what harm can it do? Old Harry will never know. And even if he did, he shouldn't begrudge me - or her, come to that. And it'll round off the tea nicely.

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Alfie: What I loved once and what I love now are two different things.

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[final words of the film]
Alfie: You know what? When I look back on my little life and the birds I've known, and think of all the things they've done for me and the little I've done for them, you'd think I've had the best of it along the line. But what have I got out of it? I've got a bob or two, some decent clothes, a car, I've got me health back and I ain't attached. But I ain't got me peace of mind - and if you ain't got that, you ain't got nothing. I dunno. It seems to me if they ain't got you one way they've got you another. So what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself - what's it all about? Know what I mean?

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Alfie! opened at the Morosco Theater on December 17, 1964 and ran for 21 performances.
The hospital scene was filmed in what is now York House, the Town Hall in Twickenham, Middlesex, UK.
Second billed Shelley Winters only has three scenes.
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