Born to Kill (1947)
Claire Trevor: Helen Brent
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Quotes
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Albert Arnett : It's quite all right, Mrs. Brent. I am a man of integrity, but I'm always willing to listen to an interesting offer.
Helen Brent : Well, I'm prepared to pay handsomely.
Albert Arnett : Good. Obstructing the wheels of justice is a costly affair.
Helen Brent : Five thousand dollars should do it.
Albert Arnett : Fifteen thousand dollars should do it.
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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.
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Helen Brent : I must warn you, though, liquor makes me nosy. I've been known to ask all sorts of personal questions after four cocktails.
Marty Waterman : s'all right. I've been known to tell people to mind their own business. Cold sober, too.
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Helen Brent : [to Sam, approvingly] You're not a turnip, are you.
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Sam Wilde : Oh, I see. You cross the tracks on May Day with a basket of goodies for the poor slum kid, but back you scoot - and fast - to your own neck o' the woods. Don't you?
Helen Brent : I wouldn't say that.
Sam Wilde : No, you wouldn't *say* it... but that's the way it is.
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Helen Brent : [sarcastically] Your ethics touch me deeply.
Albert Arnett : Noblesse oblige...
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Helen Brent : [to Sam] You're strength, excitement, and depravity!
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Helen Brent : You little fool, you're crazy!
Georgia Wilde : If I am at least I'm crazy in love for a man. All you're crazy about is money and yourself!
Helen Brent : Mad about a man who doesn't give a tinker's damn for you!
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Marty Waterman : Don't get mad.
Helen Brent : I am getting mad. I resent people marching into something that doesn't concern them.
Marty Waterman : You think it doesn't. It concerns me all right, if it concerns Sam.
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Divorce Lawyer : The bonds of matrimony can weigh heavily, I understand that - oh, nit in my case; the little lady and I have been happily married for 17 years!
Helen Brent : She's a very lucky lady!
Divorce Lawyer : I often tell her that.
Helen Brent : I'm sure you do.
