Memorable quotes for
Jamaica Inn (1939)

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[the stagecoach passes the ominous Jamaica Inn]
Coachman: That place - Jamaica Inn. It's got a bad name. It's not healthy, that's why. There's queer things goes on there.
Coach Passenger: Eh?
Coachman: *Queer* things. I once slept there and not a sheet was on my double bed.

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[Sir Humphrey admires a figurine]
Sir Humphrey Pengallan: What a rare beauty.
Lady: But it's not alive!
Sir Humphrey Pengallan: More alive than half the people here.

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[one of the smugglers expresses his fear of death]
Prisoner: I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Not yet. I'm only a boy. You can't hang me! You mustn't! You can't!

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Sir Humphrey Pengallan: [to Mary after murdering her Aunt Patience] Good clean shot, wasn't it? I'm sorry. Poor creature, she had suffered so much, but I was forced to do it! You see, she was going to tell you about me. I didn't like that. I wanted to tell you myself.

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Sir Humphrey Pengallan: [to Mary] Bah, stop crying! Stop it, you little fool! You're beautiful! Oh, ply those tears if you like, but you must be beautiful! Well, you have to be hard now! The Age of Chivalry is gone!

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Sir Humphrey Pengallan: [Last words before jumping to his death from the ship's topsail mast] What are you all waiting for? A spectacle? You shall have it and tell your children how the great age ended. Make way for Pengallon!
[He jumps]

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James 'Jem' Trehearne: That's women for you - save your life one minute, frightened of you the next!

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