The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Sam Levene: Lieutenant Brent
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[last lines]
Peter Ames : We'll go to South America, for six months - maybe we'll never come back!
Melsa Manton : Can you afford it?
Peter Ames : No, but you can.
Melsa Manton : Isn't there a drop of red blood in your veins? I want to live on *your* income!
Peter Ames : That's foolish, who's going to live on yours?
[they kiss passionately]
Lieutenant Brent : Sullivan, my bicarb tablets.
Sullivan : Will you quit crawling up on me.
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Lieutenant Brent : Miss Manton, I don't know what your game is but I know this - either your education or your spankin's been neglected. Now I can't do anything about spankin' ya, or can I?
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Lieutenant Brent : Look, lady, it's been 10 minutes since you called us. The murderer, that is if there is a murderer, could be in Brooklyn by now - that is, if anybody *wants* to be in in Brooklyn.
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Lieutenant Brent : Everybody suspects you of holding out, even I do.
Melsa Manton : Oh, I bet you say that to all the girls.
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Peter Ames : [Referring to Melsa] Isn't she wonderful? That's the girl I'm going to marry.
Lieutenant Brent : I'll take Snow White!
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Lieutenant Brent : [Talking about Melsa] She's probably the kind of dame who would come back to haunt me. Otherwise, I'd shoot to kill.
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Lieutenant Brent : Round up that bag of dames that run around with Manton and bring them down to headquarters. Drag 'em out of bed if you have to!
Sullivan : Are you kidding? I hope I have to!