Film Quotes by Peter Lorre
84 quotes
Montresor Herringbone:
Pardon me, ladies, but could you spare a coin for a moral cripple?
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Peter Lorre
(as Montresor)
in
Tales of Terror
(1962)
Montresor Herringbone:
Why don't you watch where I'm going, huh?
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Peter Lorre
(as Montresor)
in
Tales of Terror
(1962)
Mr. Moto:
[lifting up the cut telephone cord] Someone deprived this instrument of all utility.
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Peter Lorre
(as Mr. Moto)
in
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
(1939)
Mr. Moto:
Please don't be alarmed. I am only attempting to break into the safe.
--
Peter Lorre
in
Thank You, Mr. Moto
(1937)
Nikolai Zaleshoff:
[Petulantly] I want some vodka! I WANT SOME VODKA!
--
Peter Lorre
in
Background to Danger
(1943)
Nikolai Zaleshoff:
[to Joe] You're a marked man. You're wanted for murder.
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Peter Lorre
in
Background to Danger
(1943)
Nikolai Zaleshoff:
How did you know the gun wasn't loaded?
Joe Barton: By its weight.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: There might have been one bullet in it.
Joe Barton: That's the chance I had to take.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: YOU had to take?
Joe Barton: By its weight.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: There might have been one bullet in it.
Joe Barton: That's the chance I had to take.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: YOU had to take?
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Peter Lorre
in
Background to Danger
(1943)
Nikolai Zaleshoff:
Oh, you Americans, always in a hurry, hurry, business, business!
--
Peter Lorre
in
Background to Danger
(1943)
Roderick Raskolnikov:
[Looking down at the water] I wonder how many poor devils have found an answer to their questions down there. If only the dead could ever come back.
Sonya: They can!
[goes inside to fetch a book, returns]
Sonya: Remember the Raising of Lazarus?
Roderick Raskolnikov: [Takes Bible, turns it over and hands it back] Are you happy to have your Bible back?
Sonya: [excited] Would you like me to read you the Raising of Lazarus?
Roderick Raskolnikov: [They go inside] I can't understand you Sonya, how can you continue living like this?
Sonya: I believe in God.
Roderick Raskolnikov: What have you or I to hope for out of life?
Sonya: Don't take away my faith - I need it.
Roderick Raskolnikov: Don't take away my un-belief - I need that!
Sonya: They can!
[goes inside to fetch a book, returns]
Sonya: Remember the Raising of Lazarus?
Roderick Raskolnikov: [Takes Bible, turns it over and hands it back] Are you happy to have your Bible back?
Sonya: [excited] Would you like me to read you the Raising of Lazarus?
Roderick Raskolnikov: [They go inside] I can't understand you Sonya, how can you continue living like this?
Sonya: I believe in God.
Roderick Raskolnikov: What have you or I to hope for out of life?
Sonya: Don't take away my faith - I need it.
Roderick Raskolnikov: Don't take away my un-belief - I need that!
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Peter Lorre
in
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Stephen Danel:
[to Capt. Cort who's about to flog Mark Sheldon, a.k.a. Mr. Smith] Don't overdo it, Captain. There's a lot Mr. Smith ought to tell me and he may want to tell me before you finish. Oh, and be sure that he's able to work tomorrow.
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Peter Lorre
in
Island of Doomed Men
(1940)