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Quotes from Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

18 quotes
Tyrone Power
Leonard Vole: [in Christine's bombed-out hovel] It's horrible! In a gemutlich sort of way.
- Tyrone Power (as Leonard Vole) in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Charles Laughton
Leonard Vole: But this is England, where I thought you never arrest, let alone convict, people for crimes they have not committed.
Sir Wilfrid: We try not to make a habit of it.
Marlene Dietrich
Leonard Vole: What are you looking for?
Christine Vole: My accordion.
Leonard Vole: [stepping on it] I think I've found it.
Christine Vole: Step on it again. It's still breathing.
Marlene Dietrich
Christine Vole: Damn you. Damn you. Damn you! Damn you!
Marlene Dietrich
Christine Vole: You are burning my nose.
Torin Thatcher
Mr. Myers: I hope we are not to be deprived of the learned and stimulating company of Sir Wilfrid?
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid: [getting progressively more agitated] The question is whether you were lying then or are you lying now... or whether in fact you are a chronic and habitual LIAR!
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid: [Leonard Vole has been acquitted] We've disposed of the gallows, but there's still that banana peel somewhere.
Marlene Dietrich
Sir Wilfrid: Be prepared for hysterics and even a fainting spell. Better have smelling salts handy and a nip of brandy.
Christine Vole: I do not think that will be necessary. I never faint because I am not sure that I will fall gracefully and I never use smelling salts because they puff up the eyes. I am Christine Vole.
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid: I am constantly surprised that women's hats do not provoke more murders.