Rope (1948)
Joan Chandler: Janet
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Quotes
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Rupert Cadell : Brandon's spoken of you.
Janet : Did he do me justice?
Rupert Cadell : Do you deserve justice?
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Rupert Cadell : [Phillip and Brandon have been arguing about strangling chickens] Personally, I think a chicken is as good a reason for murder as a blonde, a mattress full of dollar bills or any of the customary, unimaginative reasons.
Janet : Well, now, you don't really approve of murder, Rupert? If I may?
Rupert Cadell : You may... and I do. Think of the problems it would solve: unemployment, poverty, standing in line for theatre tickets... .
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Janet : There must be a reason. Freud says there's a reason for everything. Even me.
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Rupert Cadell : Brandon, exactly what is this?
Brandon : A cassone I got in Italy.
Rupert Cadell : No, no, I mean why are we eating off it?
Brandon : Oh, I've turned the dining room into a library.
Rupert Cadell : Trust you to find a new use for a chest. One was always turning up in the bedtime stories he told in prep school. 'The Mistletoe Bough', that was always your favorite tale, wasn't it?
Janet : What was that one about? I don't remember exactly how it started. It was about a lovely young girl...
Mr. Kentley : She was a bride-to-be. And on her wedding day, she playfully hid herself in a chest.
Rupert Cadell : Yes, that's right.
Mr. Kentley : Unfortunately, it had a spring lock. Fifty years later, they found her skeleton.
Janet : I don't think I'll get that playful.
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Janet : I might have known you couldn't just give a party for Mr. Kentley. No, you'd have to add something that appealed to your warped sense of humor. Well, I hope you've enjoyed yourself, Brandon.
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Janet : [referring to Brandon] Why can't he keep his hands off people?
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Janet : How many years has it been since I said, "Oh, it tickles"? And don't you tell me.
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Mrs. Atwater : I have a confession to make. You know, I think I like Mason as much as Errol Flynn?
Janet : I'll take Cary Grant, myself.
Mrs. Atwater : Oh, so will I! Capricorn, the goat. He *leaps* divine! So much... Mmm!
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Mrs. Atwater : He was thrilling in that new thing with Bergman. What was it called now? "The Something of the Something." No, no, that's the other one. This was just plain "Something." You know, it was sort of - you know?
Rupert Cadell : Right - right on the tip of my tongue.
Janet : Mine, too. It was just plain "Something." I'm sure. I adored it.
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Janet : Why can't he keep his hands off people?
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Janet : Rupert, you're the end!
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Janet : How queer.
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Janet : My chin was about an inch from the ground. I just couldn't be the gay girl.
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Janet : You wouldn't know me these days. I'm a new woman. Punctual as a clock.
Mrs. Atwater : That's very unfeminine, my dear.
Mr. Kentley : Perhaps, but I prefer manners to femininity.