Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
(as Dupin)

Charles Theverner: She's after my money. Everybody is after my money.
Dupin: You must've been after it yourself to have acquired so much.
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
(as Dupin)

Mrs. Flynn, the housekeeper: You read like an actor... and you drink like one. Would you take advice from the likes of me?
Dupin: Ma'am, I take advice as easily as I take a drink. The only trouble with me is I've never been able to make good use of either.
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
(as Dupin)

Mrs. Inness, landlady: You know, it's the first of the month.
Dupin: I can understand you excitement, it only comes once every thirty days.
Jim Backus

Jim Backus
(as Flaherty)

Flaherty: And to show you I have indeed read the book, it says in Ecclesiastes "Money answereth all things".
Dupin: In bitterness, Flaherty, it was said in bitterness!
Flaherty: That's the way I was asking for it.
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
(as Dupin)

Flaherty: Some men leave goodwill. Others just a will.
Dupin: There are even some that leave two wills.
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
(as Dupin)

Dupin: The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
The Pharmacist: I'm not a fox.
Dupin: ...now you're no longer sleeping. Open up! This is vital, a matter of life and death.
Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck
(as Lorna Bounty)

Lorna Bounty: It is difficult for anyone to speak when you listen only to yourself.

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