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Quotes from Rope of Sand (1948)

16 quotes
Sam Jaffe
Dr. Francis Hunter: [In an alcoholic haze to Mike] You'll spoil the rhythm of Dr. Hunter's famous prescription for pickling the heart: one injection every 15 minutes.
[He finishes a shot of whiskey, and the bartender pours him three more]
Dr. Francis Hunter: The rhythm is very important.
- Sam Jaffe (as Dr. Francis Hunter) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Peter Lorre
Toady: [to Vogel] So long, pig.
- Peter Lorre (as Toady) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Burt Lancaster
Toady: Consider the diamond itself for instance. Carbon, soot, chemically speaking. And yet the hardest of all matters. So hard, in fact, that whatever it touches must suffer: glass, steel, the human soul.
Mike Davis: Why don't you sell your rug someplace else?
- Burt Lancaster (as Mike Davis) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Peter Lorre
Toady: I am here, free as the wind, fountain of extraordinary knowledge, splendidly corrupt and eager to be of profitable service.
- Peter Lorre (as Toady) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Burt Lancaster
Mike Davis: [to Thompson about his war experience] I ent to bed with a 75mm for three years, but now i sleep alone.
- Burt Lancaster (as Mike Davis) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Burt Lancaster
Mike Davis: [to Thompson about his war experience] I went to bed with a 75mm for three years, but now i sleep alone.
- Burt Lancaster (as Mike Davis) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Burt Lancaster
Mike Davis: If you ever tried to get away from me, I'd follow you 'til I wore the earth smooth.
- Burt Lancaster (as Mike Davis) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Corinne Calvet
Suzanne Renaud: [to Martingale] Diamonds are your business, but men are mine.
- Corinne Calvet (as Suzanne Renaud) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Burt Lancaster
Suzanne Renaud: I like courage. What do you like Mr. Davis?
Mike Davis: Honesty.
- Burt Lancaster (as Mike Davis) in Rope of Sand (1948)

Burt Lancaster
Suzanne Renaud: I'm giving you so much trouble.
Mike Davis: The perogative of a beautiful woman.
- Burt Lancaster (as Mike Davis) in Rope of Sand (1948)