Born to Kill (1947)

Esther Howard: Mrs. Kraft

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• Mrs. Kraft : Stay for supper, huh, Laury?

  Laury Palmer : Aw, can't. I got a date.

  Mrs. Kraft : Who with?

  Laury Palmer : Danny Jaden.

  Mrs. Kraft : That young squirt? Thought you had a new one.

  Laury Palmer : I have. Wait till you see him.

  Mrs. Kraft : Tell me about him, Laury. What's he like?

  Laury Palmer : Well, this big across the shoulders. He moved my trunk around the other day like it was a cracker box. He's the quiet sort. And yet you get the feeling if you stepped out of line he'd kick your teeth down your throat.

  Mrs. Kraft : Why, ain't that wonderful?

  Laury Palmer : Sure is.

• Helen Brent : If you go to the police, you'll see Laury sooner than you think.

  Mrs. Kraft : Are you trying to scare me?

  Helen Brent : I'm just warning you. Perhaps you don't realize, it's painful being killed. A piece of metal sliding into your body, finding its way into your heart. Or a bullet tearing through your skin, crashing into a bone. It takes a while to die, too. Sometimes a long while.

• Mrs. Kraft : You're the coldest iceberg of a woman I ever saw, and the rottenest inside. I've seen plenty, too. I wouldn't trade places with you if they sliced me into little pieces.

• Mrs. Kraft : How come you got a hold of this information?

  Marty Waterman : Through underworld connections, like it says in the newspapers. I'm a bad boy.

• Marty Waterman : And remember, glamour girl, I'll do this on just one condition.

  Mrs. Kraft : What's that?

  Marty Waterman : That you don't make any passes at me when you get me out there. I'm a very shy kid.

• Mrs. Kraft : You know, you ought to put on some meat, Laury. You're so skinny, can't grab hold of you anywhere.

  Laury Palmer : I haven't noticed anybody having any trouble.

• Albert Arnett : Which will, believe me, be exceedingly painful to a man of my integrity.

  Mrs. Kraft : It won't hurt half as much as me to lose my $500.