Quotes from The Trouble with Harry (1955)

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Edmund Gwenn
Capt. Wiles: [as he sees Sam Marlowe coming] Next thing you know they'll be televising the whole thing.
- Edmund Gwenn (as Capt. Albert Wiles) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Edmund Gwenn
Capt. Wiles: Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.
- Edmund Gwenn (as Capt. Albert Wiles) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Edmund Gwenn
Capt. Wiles: Coming home from Madagascar once we had a fireman on board who hit his head on a brick wall and died two days later.
Sam Marlowe: Where did he find a brick wall on board a ship?
Capt. Wiles: Mmmm... that's what we always wondered.
- Edmund Gwenn (as Capt. Albert Wiles) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

John Forsythe
Capt. Wiles: I fired three bullets. Three! One for the hunting sign, one for the tin can...
Sam Marlowe: ...and one for the little man who's lying in the grave.
- John Forsythe (as Sam Marlowe) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Shirley MacLaine
Jennifer Rogers: [Sam is kissing her] Lightly, Sam. I have a very short fuse.
- Shirley MacLaine (as Jennifer Rogers) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Edmund Gwenn
Jennifer Rogers: I've never been to a home-made funeral before.
Capt. Wiles: I have... it's my third. All in one day...
- Edmund Gwenn (as Capt. Albert Wiles) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

John Forsythe
[Discussing Jennifer's recently deceased husband Harry]
Jennifer Rogers: You can stuff him, for all I care. Stuff him and put him in a glass case, only I'd suggest frosted glass.
Sam Marlowe: What did he do to you? Besides marry you.
- John Forsythe (as Sam Marlowe) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Shirley MacLaine
[Referring to Harry Worp]
Jennifer Rogers: He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical.
- Shirley MacLaine (as Jennifer Rogers) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Mildred Natwick
[Upon finding the Captain dragging a body along the ground]
Miss Graveley: What seems to be the trouble, Captain?
- Mildred Natwick (as Miss Ivy Gravely) in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

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