Sadie Thompson (1928)
Lionel Barrymore: Alfred Davidson
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Quotes
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Alfred Davidson : The morals of the island are pretty bad, but I've made the governor understand that things have got to be cleaned up.
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Alfred Davidson : I have it - that girl is from the disreputable district of San Francisco!
Dr. Angus McPhail : That's very unfair - the girl has a job in Apia - you're jumping at conclusions!
Alfred Davidson : I'm never mistaken - I know what she is and why she is here - to carry on her shameful trade!
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Sadie Thompson : Mind your own business! And don't you know better than to bust into a lady's boodwar!
Alfred Davidson : I refuse to have this house turned into a brothel!
Sadie Thompson : Get outta here you big bully, or I'll sic my army on you!
Alfred Davidson : I know why you are here, Sadie Thompson, and I won't have it!
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Alfred Davidson : I've been talking to the natives - they're so depraved I actually have to teach them what sin is.
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Alfred Davidson : I understand you're from San Francisco - what did you do there?
Sadie Thompson : I had a singing job. My voice ain't so bad if you don't listen too hard.
Alfred Davidson : Why did you leave?
Sadie Thompson : My pipes got a little rusty.
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Alfred Davidson : Sadie Thompson, you are an evil woman!
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Sadie Thompson : [to Mr. Davidson] You've got the power to hang me but I've got the power to tell you - HANG ME AND BE DAMNED!
Alfred Davidson : [to his wife, wiping his forehead] That girl is possessed of devils!
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Alfred Davidson : The knife of reform is the only hope of a sin-sick world.
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Alfred Davidson : Scarlet woman!
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Alfred Davidson : Kneel, Sadie Thompson, kneel and repent!
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Alfred Davidson : Sadie, what are you doing here?
Sadie Thompson : I was afraid to stay in my room - I got to seeing things in the dark.
Alfred Davidson : I, too, have been seeing things in the dark - flaming-hot eyes - Aphrodite - Judas!
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Sadie Thompson : Mr. Davidson, the governor said I could go to Sydney, instead of San Francisco, if it's all right with you.
Sadie Thompson : [Davidson remains silent] Please, Mr. Davidson, don't send me back to San Francisco.
Sadie Thompson : [Davidson asks her why] There's a man there won't let me go straight.
Alfred Davidson : Would he need to know you had returned?
Sadie Thompson : He'd know all right! They're watching all the boats.
Alfred Davidson : [suddenly getting a diabolically gleeful look on his face] The man you fear wears a uniform and a badge! You're afraid of the penitentiary!
Sadie Thompson : But I was framed - - I'm innocent - please - please - - give me another chance!
Alfred Davidson : Yes, Sadie. I will give you a chance - when you are ready to atone.
Sadie Thompson : I'll do *anything* if you'll just let me go to Sydney.
Alfred Davidson : No, Sadie - you've got to go back - - to prison.
Sadie Thompson : Even if I'm innocent?
Alfred Davidson : Yes.
Sadie Thompson : [looking utterly defeated] This is my finish.
Alfred Davidson : No, Sadie - - this is your beginning!
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Alfred Davidson : Sadie Thompson has been reborn - - her soul is cleansed, glorified!
Dr. Angus McPhail : [laughing] Is that why you're sending her to prison?
Alfred Davidson : Every moment she's in prison I will suffer all the pain she suffers.