Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Clifton Webb: Robert Dean
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Quotes
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Robert Dean : What do you imagine could possibly happen to such a nice girl in South America in less than four weeks?
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Betsy Dean : Pop's pretty bugged, isn't he?
Robert Dean : I certainly am not - pretty bugged - assuming that means what I think it means. Even if it doesn't - I'm not.
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Mrs. Murphy : You mean that poppycock?
Robert Dean : Yes, Mrs. Murphy, that's the poppycock I mean.
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Robert Dean : She's going there to study the continent of the future, not to become a beachcomber. Let us hope.
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Robert Dean : You and your bullfight fever.
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Mrs. Mary Dean : It's time she had some fun too, Robert.
Robert Dean : Fun? Is this what she needs to have fun? The adulation of a sex-starved mob?
Mrs. Mary Dean : She doesn't need it; but she seems to like it.
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Robert Dean : Tell me, are you Brazilian?
Receptionist : I'm mostly Swedish, a little French, and becoming - Brazilian. Some people think that makes a very interesting combination.
Robert Dean : A *very* interesting combination.
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Eduardo Barroso : Ah, little baby tomatoes. My favorite.
Robert Dean : Yes, they are young and tender.
Eduardo Barroso : Roberto.
Robert Dean : Eduardo has a taste for the young and tender.
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Robert Dean : What's the matter with his neck?
Meg Dean : He doesn't like neckties.
Robert Dean : What is he? Some sort of Brazilian beatnik?
Meg Dean : Yes. I guess he is.
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Betsy Dean : Leave here now?
Mrs. Mary Dean : Yes, go down to the desk and ask if there's any mail. Take all the time you need to do it. Demand some mail.
Betsy Dean : I wonder what cave people did with younger daughters when there was no mail desk to send them off to.
Robert Dean : Ate them.
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Betsy Dean : You can't go around spanking everybody just because they don't want to get married. Anyway, I do need some more education. Besides, I don't want to give up water skiing yet. We have a water skiing club at home and - it's the only thing I'm really good at in the whole world, frankly.
Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : Get over here. Water skiing...
[grabs Betsy, puts her across his knee, and repeatedly spanks her]
Betsy Dean : Oh, stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : Water skiing this!
Betsy Dean : Stop it! Stop it! Let go! Stop it! Oh! Stop it.
[Robert and Mary rush in]
Betsy Dean : He hit me!
Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : [shaking his hand] Oh wee, she's hard!
Mrs. Mary Dean : Well, I'm glad there's something to show for all those ballet lessons. Would you like some more chocolates?
Robert Dean : It's bad enough he's trying to marry her. You don't have to reward him for attempted assault!
Mrs. Mary Dean : Is that bad, trying to marry her?
Robert Dean : Betsy is a child.
Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : She don't neck like no child.
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[last lines]
Robert Dean : Well, it's fortunate I'm not an emotional man.
Mrs. Mary Dean : I know. Ice water in your veins. Mine too.
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[repeated line]
Robert Dean : Obrigado.