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Clips from Rope (1948)

except, it's such good crystal and I'd hate to break up the set.

"except, it's such good crystal and I'd hate to break up the set."

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Yes, wasn't it? But good Americans usually die young on the battlefield, don't they?

"Yes, wasn't it? But good Americans usually die young on the battlefield, don't they?"

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which is why he was the perfect victim for the perfect murder.

"which is why he was the perfect victim for the perfect murder."

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In less than eight hours he'll be resting gently at the bottom of a lake.

"In less than eight hours he'll be resting gently at the bottom of a lake."

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I wish it would. I wish we had him out of here.

"I wish it would. I wish we had him out of here."

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It's a trifle late for that, don't you think?

"It's a trifle late for that, don't you think?"

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Whom would you have preferred? Kenneth?

"Whom would you have preferred? Kenneth?"

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You, perhaps. You frighten me.

"You, perhaps. You frighten me."

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No. That's good.

"No. That's good."

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And then... I felt tremendously exhilarated.

"And then... I felt tremendously exhilarated."

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I don't think that's a very good choice of words.

"I don't think that's a very good choice of words."

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Oh, rot. This party will be the most exciting ever given.

"Oh, rot. This party will be the most exciting ever given."

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She's banked everything on hooking David.

"She's banked everything on hooking David."

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Well, she can switch back to Kenneth tonight.

"Well, she can switch back to Kenneth tonight."

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I don't think you appreciate me, Phillip.

"I don't think you appreciate me, Phillip."

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Mr. Kentley's coming mainly to look at these books. What could be better than...

"Mr. Kentley's coming mainly to look at these books. What could be better than..."

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Now, take these and get ahold of yourself.

"Now, take these and get ahold of yourself."

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You owe me $2.40 for taxis, including the tip.

"You owe me $2.40 for taxis, including the tip."

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So, I went downtown to that little delicatessen where Mr. Cadell goes.

"So, I went downtown to that little delicatessen where Mr. Cadell goes."

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Good evening, Mrs. Wilson.

"Good evening, Mrs. Wilson."

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And I'm sure you wouldn't want the poor old man to have to get down on his knees to see them.

"And I'm sure you wouldn't want the poor old man to have to get down on his knees to see them."

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You two'll be the death of me. What's to be done with the books?

"You two'll be the death of me. What's to be done with the books?"

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It belongs in the kitchen drawer.

"It belongs in the kitchen drawer."

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As ready as we'll ever be.

"As ready as we'll ever be."

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Don't you be so busy at that piano that you don't eat anything. Getting too thin.

"Don't you be so busy at that piano that you don't eat anything. Getting too thin."

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Where are you going? Just to Brandon's mother's place for a few weeks.

"Where are you going? Just to Brandon's mother's place for a few weeks."

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Of course.

"Of course."

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Yes. I thought you'd be glad to see her.

"Yes. I thought you'd be glad to see her."

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I wish you had. Why?

"I wish you had. Why?"

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Janet and David are- Hello, Mrs. Wilson.

"Janet and David are- Hello, Mrs. Wilson."

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What's this rumor I hear about you and Town Hall?

"What's this rumor I hear about you and Town Hall?"

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That was fascinating, wasn't it? I seem to have run down.

"That was fascinating, wasn't it? I seem to have run down."

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Thanks, chum.

"Thanks, chum."

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What are you chattering about?

"What are you chattering about?"

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David? Yes, David.

"David? Yes, David."

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I'm sorry, but it is difficult trying to keep up with your romances.

"I'm sorry, but it is difficult trying to keep up with your romances."

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After me came Kenneth and now it's David.

"After me came Kenneth and now it's David."

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How many years has it been since I said, Oh, it tickles. and don't you tell me.

"How many years has it been since I said, Oh, it tickles. and don't you tell me."

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that people can not only read but actually can think.

"that people can not only read but actually can think."

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Mrs. Kentley isn't well, so I took the liberty of bringing my sister-in-law, Mrs. Atwater.

"Mrs. Kentley isn't well, so I took the liberty of bringing my sister-in-law, Mrs. Atwater."

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and Henry is forever cataloging his library.

"and Henry is forever cataloging his library."

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Uh, no, you've made a mistake. This is Kenneth Lawrence.

"Uh, no, you've made a mistake. This is Kenneth Lawrence."

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Oh, I'm so sorry.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

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That's all right, Anita. Kenneth is often mistaken...

"That's all right, Anita. Kenneth is often mistaken..."

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I finished working out your horoscope just before we came.

"I finished working out your horoscope just before we came."

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He's my only child too, but I'm willing to let him grow up.

"He's my only child too, but I'm willing to let him grow up."

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No, you mustn't pamper her. David might have stopped to see her.

"No, you mustn't pamper her. David might have stopped to see her."

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Well, I consider myself a very fortunate man today.

"Well, I consider myself a very fortunate man today."

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Your wife sends her love. David wasn't there?

"Your wife sends her love. David wasn't there?"

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The housemaster at Somerville? I used to be.

"The housemaster at Somerville? I used to be."

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Then you must have taught my son, David. You flatter me.

"Then you must have taught my son, David. You flatter me."

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I told you on the phone.

"I told you on the phone."

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Well, what have we here?

"Well, what have we here?"

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Wonderful Mrs. Wilson.

"Wonderful Mrs. Wilson."

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He's so late, Mr. Kentley's getting annoyed.

"He's so late, Mr. Kentley's getting annoyed."

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A cassone I got in Italy. No, I mean why are we eating off of it?

"A cassone I got in Italy. No, I mean why are we eating off of it?"

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Oh, I've turned the dining room into a library.

"Oh, I've turned the dining room into a library."

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Yes, I adored it. Did you? Good.

"Yes, I adored it. Did you? Good."

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I didn't like her either, but her clothes were fabulous.

"I didn't like her either, but her clothes were fabulous."

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What did you see her in? I don't quite recall.

"What did you see her in? I don't quite recall."

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I must apologize for David. I can't think what's keeping him.

"I must apologize for David. I can't think what's keeping him."

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He's only in town for the weekend and David is a popular man.

"He's only in town for the weekend and David is a popular man."

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Here, let me help. White or dark?

"Here, let me help. White or dark?"

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There's no reason, Janet.

"There's no reason, Janet."

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Doesn't he, Brandon? Yes.

"Doesn't he, Brandon? Yes."

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We were going to have chicken so we walked over to the farm.

"We were going to have chicken so we walked over to the farm."

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It was a lovely Sunday morning in late spring.

"It was a lovely Sunday morning in late spring."

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In the yard, Phillip was doing likewise to the necks of two or three chickens.

"In the yard, Phillip was doing likewise to the necks of two or three chickens."

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Phillip!

"Phillip!"

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you two being so intense about an old, dead chicken.

"you two being so intense about an old, dead chicken."

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Is it all over? I'm afraid so, Rupert.

"Is it all over? I'm afraid so, Rupert."

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Rupert, you're the end.

"Rupert, you're the end."

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of the blunt instrument department.

"of the blunt instrument department."

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If it suits your purpose, merely-

"If it suits your purpose, merely-"

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Now I know you're not serious. But I am.

"Now I know you're not serious. But I am."

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the inferior man, because he needs them.

"the inferior man, because he needs them."

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You agree with Nietzsche and his theory of the superman. Yes, I do.

"You agree with Nietzsche and his theory of the superman. Yes, I do."

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So did Hitler. Hitler was a paranoiac savage.

"So did Hitler. Hitler was a paranoiac savage."

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You aren't planning to do away with a few inferiors, by chance?

"You aren't planning to do away with a few inferiors, by chance?"

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Kenneth, why don't you switch on the radio or play some records?

"Kenneth, why don't you switch on the radio or play some records?"

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A little atmospheric music goes a long way.

"A little atmospheric music goes a long way."

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I relax with David, thanks to you.

"I relax with David, thanks to you."

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That-That grim Sunday at Harvard,

"That-That grim Sunday at Harvard,"

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Brandon and his atmospheric music.

"Brandon and his atmospheric music."

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You are in love with David, aren't you?

"You are in love with David, aren't you?"

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Brandon made a crack when I got here. He implied I'd have a chance...

"Brandon made a crack when I got here. He implied I'd have a chance..."

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Why can't he keep his hands off people?

"Why can't he keep his hands off people?"

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Well?

"Well?"

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Just exactly what are you up to, chum? Up to getting you coffee.

"Just exactly what are you up to, chum? Up to getting you coffee."

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Unfortunately, you're not. Cut that out!

"Unfortunately, you're not. Cut that out!"

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You'd have to add something that appealed to your warped sense of humor.

"You'd have to add something that appealed to your warped sense of humor."

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I hope you've enjoyed yourself, Brandon. I haven't!

"I hope you've enjoyed yourself, Brandon. I haven't!"

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She seems to be missing David.

"She seems to be missing David."

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he suddenly told me to take the whole afternoon for it.

"he suddenly told me to take the whole afternoon for it."

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Mrs. Wilson, please serve the guests. Don't lecture them.

"Mrs. Wilson, please serve the guests. Don't lecture them."

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I seem to be the only one having a good time.

"I seem to be the only one having a good time."

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Don't stop. I'd like a drink.

"Don't stop. I'd like a drink."

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That's fine.

"That's fine."

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Why? Brandon knows.

"Why? Brandon knows."

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Oh, come now. I don't. Why don't you ask Brandon?

"Oh, come now. I don't. Why don't you ask Brandon?"

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You're confused. Brandon dreamt that up...

"You're confused. Brandon dreamt that up..."

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for the sake of a very unfunny joke. No, he didn't.

"for the sake of a very unfunny joke. No, he didn't."

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No, he didn't, Phillip.

"No, he didn't, Phillip."

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You're quite a good chicken-strangler, as I recall.

"You're quite a good chicken-strangler, as I recall."

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Well, I-I just meant that Brandon's story wasn't true.

"Well, I-I just meant that Brandon's story wasn't true."

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I want you to have them. It's extremely generous of you.

"I want you to have them. It's extremely generous of you."

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I know you appreciate first editions far more than I, Mr. Kentley.

"I know you appreciate first editions far more than I, Mr. Kentley."

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I think it's a clumsy way of tying them up.

"I think it's a clumsy way of tying them up."

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That's very unfeminine, my dear.

"That's very unfeminine, my dear."

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Perhaps, but I prefer manners to femininity.

"Perhaps, but I prefer manners to femininity."

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Wouldn't you say so, Brandon? I wouldn't know.

"Wouldn't you say so, Brandon? I wouldn't know."

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He might be any number of places, such as the club,

"He might be any number of places, such as the club,"

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or the Bradleys are giving a party, or maybe he went to Janet’s.

"or the Bradleys are giving a party, or maybe he went to Janet’s."

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We might find out where he is now...

"We might find out where he is now..."

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We had our hands full getting ready for the party.

"We had our hands full getting ready for the party."

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I thought he might have called to say he'd be late.

"I thought he might have called to say he'd be late."

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I better talk to her. She hung up. She began to cry so badly.

"I better talk to her. She hung up. She began to cry so badly."

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I can't tell you how sorry I am.

"I can't tell you how sorry I am."

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I'll get my hat. Oh, going with Janet?

"I'll get my hat. Oh, going with Janet?"

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Good night, Mr. Kentley.

"Good night, Mr. Kentley."

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