I'll Be Seeing You (1944)

Barbara Marshall: Dad. Dad, I want to ask you a question.
Mr. Marshall: Fine. Fire away.
Barbara Marshall: You know, you never told me anything about Mary. I mean, why she was sent to prison, and why she ...
Mr. Marshall: You can find out about that some other time, when you're a little older.
Barbara Marshall: But it can't be so secret. I don't see why I shouldn't know.
Mr. Marshall: Barbara, you can find out about that some other time. It's just that Mary made a little mistake, and that's all there is to it.
Barbara Marshall: But they don't send people to prison for just doing nothing.
Mr. Marshall: Now, look, Barbara, I'm trying to listen to the radio and work this puzzle, and I can't take on any other jobs at the moment.
Barbara Marshall: But, what if my friends ask me about her? What'll I tell them? They'll want to know why ...
Mr. Marshall: Just tell them that Mary is your cousin. From that point on, they can mind their own business. And it seems to me that your business might be helping your mother out in the kitchen.
Barbara Marshall: [laughing] Oh, Dad. Sometimes the way you talk to me, you make me feel like I'm an adopted daughter or something.

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Zachary Morgan: [meeting her at the women's prison gate] Mary, I didn't want to make you cry.
Mary Marshall: There's nothing wrong with crying at a time like this.
Zachary Morgan: The minute I got on the train, I knew why you didn't tell me.
Mary Marshall: Nothing matters, except that you're here.
Zachary Morgan: I'm terribly ashamed of walking out like that. I need you, Mary. I want to feel that you need me.
Mary Marshall: Oh, I do. I do.
Zachary Morgan: I'll be right here. I'll be right here waiting. I'll be all well by then. Ready to make a new start, too.

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Mary Marshall: You know something?
Zachary Morgan: What?
Mary Marshall: The doctors are gonna be very surprised when they see you. They'll probably send you back to active duty.
Zachary Morgan: That lemonade must have been spiked.
Mary Marshall: No, I really mean it. Do you realize what you did tonight? I bet you couldn't have done that a week ago.
Zachary Morgan: What?
Mary Marshall: Well, I watched you all evening. When you were dancing, you never hesitated for words, and your eyes didn't blink. And then when that dog attacked us, I've never seen anyone quite so fast on their feet.
Zachary Morgan: I didn't even think about what I was doing.
Mary Marshall: That's just it, you were so alert and keen, and your timing was perfect.
Zachary Morgan: I hope you're right. I believe you are. Mary, you told me that in eight days you can do a lot of believing.
Mary Marshall: You see, I'm the fellow that's on the radio that says: Life can be wonderful.
Zachary Morgan: You're wonderful.
Mary Marshall: You're just saying that because you know I've got lots of money.
Zachary Morgan: You're wonderful.
Mary Marshall: Because you know I've got very influential friends.
Zachary Morgan: You're wonderful.
Mary Marshall: Because of my social position.
[he kisses her]
Zachary Morgan: Mary, I know I'm going to get well. I've got plans, too, lots of them. I know I'm going to stay well, too, because you figure in all my plans. You've got to figure in them because, without you, I'm back where I started. I'm sunk.
Mary Marshall: Let's don't talk about it tonight. I'm kind of sleepy.

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American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-1950, erroneously gives the release date as 5 January 1944 instead of 5 January 1945.
Director George Cukor was replaced by William Dieterle.
Joan Fontaine, who was to play the female lead, was forced to withdraw due to previous commitments.
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