Gene Tierney
(as Laura Hunt)
Laura Hunt:
[Explaining why she broke a promise] You forced me to give you my word. I never have been and I never will be bound by anything I don't do of my own free will.
Gene Tierney
(as Laura Hunt)
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Waldo Lydecker:
[Scene deleted from theater version and restored in 1990] She was quick to seize upon anything that would improve her mind or her appearance. Laura had innate breeding, but she deferred to my judgment and taste. I selected a more attractive hairdress for her. I taught her what clothes were more becoming to her. Through me, she met everyone: The famous and the infamous. Her youth and beauty, her poise and charm of manner captivated them all. She had warmth, vitality. She had authentic magnetism. Wherever we went, she stood out. Men admired her; women envied her. She became as famous as Waldo Lydecker's walking stick and his white carnation.
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Waldo Lydecker:
I cannot stand these morons any longer. If you don't come with me this instant I shall run amok.
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Waldo Lydecker:
If you come a little bit closer, my boy, I can just crack your skull with my walking stick.
Clifton Webb
(as Waldo Lydecker)
Waldo Lydecker:
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.