Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
Lady Matheson:
[Reprovingly, talking about Sybil] I'm surprised at you, Mr. Malcolm. You should not have brought her into it.
John Malcolm: I suppose not. I thought I might get her once, just this once in her whole life, to publicly disagree with her mother. It'd save her soul if she ever did.
John Malcolm: I suppose not. I thought I might get her once, just this once in her whole life, to publicly disagree with her mother. It'd save her soul if she ever did.
Felix Aylmer
(as Mr. Fowler)
Mr. Fowler:
The trouble about being on the side of right, as one sees it, is that one often finds oneself in the company of such very questionable allies.
May Hallatt
(as Miss Meacham)
Miss Meacham:
And what do I know of morals and ethics? Only what I read in novels. And as I only read thrillers, that doesn't amount to much.
Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
Rita Hayworth
(as Ann Shankland)
Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
Mrs. Railton-Bell:
Are you on the side of Mr. Malcolm and his defense advice or are you on the side of the Christian virtues -- like Mr. Fowler and myself?
John Malcolm: Never in my life have I heard a question so disgracefully begged. You should be in politics, Mrs. Railton-Bell.
John Malcolm: Never in my life have I heard a question so disgracefully begged. You should be in politics, Mrs. Railton-Bell.
Gladys Cooper
(as Mrs. Railton)
May Hallatt
(as Miss Meacham)
Mrs. Railton-Bell:
We want your views on Major Pollock.
Miss Meacham: Do you? Well, my views of Major Pollock are that he's always been a crashing old bore and a wicked old fraud, and now I hear he's a dirty old man too. I'm not surprised, and, quite between these four walls, I don't give a damn.
Miss Meacham: Do you? Well, my views of Major Pollock are that he's always been a crashing old bore and a wicked old fraud, and now I hear he's a dirty old man too. I'm not surprised, and, quite between these four walls, I don't give a damn.
David Niven
(as Major Angus Pollock)
Sibyl Railton-Bell:
Why have you told so many awful lies?
Major Angus Pollock: Because I don't like myself the way I am, i suppose. I had to invent someone else... It's not harmful really. We all have our daydreams. Mine have just gone a step further than most people.
[laughs ironically]
Major Angus Pollock: Sometimes I just manage to believe in the Major myself.
Major Angus Pollock: Because I don't like myself the way I am, i suppose. I had to invent someone else... It's not harmful really. We all have our daydreams. Mine have just gone a step further than most people.
[laughs ironically]
Major Angus Pollock: Sometimes I just manage to believe in the Major myself.
