Quotes from The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
11 quotes
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Edward Norris:
Don't speak to anyone. I don't want to kill an innocent bystander.
Peter Ames: Ya know that's what I like about crazy men; that fine sense of distinction. Edward Norris: You think I'm insane? Melsa Manton: [Stands in front of Peter, as to protect him] Oh, he's says that to everybody.
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Barbara Stanwyck
(as Melsa Manton)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Melsa Manton:
[has just discovered Fonda is faking being near death, to pump her for information] Are you still in pain, sweet?
Peter Ames: [from hospital bed, faintly] Oh its nothing, nothing... only when I move... but its nothing... Melsa Manton: [hovering over hospital bed] Peter, perhaps I did wrong in not telling Inspector Brent everything. Peter Ames: You mean you held something back? Melsa Manton: Yes Peter. Peter Ames: [this is what he's hoping to hear] Oh sweet, you're so clever. Melsa Manton: Remember when I went into Ronnie Beldon's apartment? Peter Ames: Yes dear. Melsa Manton: When I went into the bathroom, I found something. Peter Ames: In the bathroom? Melsa Manton: Yes, floating around in a foot of water in the bathtub. Peter Ames: Louder, dear, I can hardly hear you. Melsa Manton: [ominously] I'll come closer. Peter Ames: Tell me dear, what was it? Melsa Manton: [yelling] The Normandie, you black-hearted faker, in full sail! [stabs him in the leg with a fork]
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Barbara Stanwyck
(as Melsa Manton)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Melsa Manton:
[to her friends] Get him, girls!
Peter Ames: [Nervously, then desparately as the girls engulf and subdue him] Hey, wait a minute, girls... [clicks the phone] Peter Ames: Tahe it easy, girls... look... Hello... Help, I tho... wha... ahh!...
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Henry Fonda
(as Peter Ames)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Melsa Manton:
May I have a cigarette?
[He places on in her mouth, lights it] Melsa Manton: I've had dozens of cigarette lighters but they never worked. Peter Ames: This just one just takes cheap gasoline. Melsa Manton: Maybe that's why.
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Barbara Stanwyck
(as Melsa Manton)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Melsa Manton:
Police! All they know is to blow a whistle and hold up traffic!
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Barbara Stanwyck
(as Melsa Manton)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Melsa Manton:
Well, if I want to marry a fortune hunter, I can go to Europe and marry a professional one.
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Barbara Stanwyck
(as Melsa Manton)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Hilda:
[to the telephoe operator] Give me the Morrnin' Clarion. I don't know the numba'! The only numbers I knowse are policy numbers.
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Hattie McDaniel
(as Hilda)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Peter Ames:
[to Melsa] You're up to your beautiful hips in murder!
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Henry Fonda
(as Peter Ames)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Hattie McDaniel
(as Hilda)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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Peter Ames:
Listen, before I knew you, I disliked you intensly. When I met you, I disliked you intensly. Even now, I dislike you intensly... that is, the sensible sane portion of me... but there;s an insane side of me that gets a little violent every time I think of you.
Melsa Manton: Getting out of a million dollar lawsuit wouldn't have anything to do with your change in affection, would it? Peter Ames: You're a nasty creature, aren't you, but in time I'll beat it out of you.
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Henry Fonda
(as Peter Ames)
in
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
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