The Black Cat (1941)
Broderick Crawford: A. Gilmore Smith
Quotes
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Hubert Smith : What's this?
Montague Hartley : Ashes! That proves it. It *was* Abigail! Unquestionably.
Hubert Smith : [aside, to Elaine] He thinks he's Sherlock Holmes.
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Elaine Winslow : Were you insinuating that Grandmother's death wasn't accidental?
Hubert Smith : Well, she wasn't killed by kindness, was she?
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Hubert Smith : Oh, then you're the guy that slugged me.
Richard Hartley : Yeah, and I'll do it again any time you train down to my weight.
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Myrna Hartley : [responding to a noise] What was that?
Hubert Smith : Only a cat. There's always a cat someplace around here.
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Hubert Smith : [Quoting the sign at the gate] That house is doubly blest / Which to our feline friends gives rest.
Mr. Penny : Oh, poetry, huh? It's beautiful, beautiful.
Hubert Smith : That's what Mrs. Winslow says. But as kids we used to say, In her hats are many bats / For spending all her dough on cats.
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Hubert Smith : Drink your milk, it's good for you.
Henrietta Winslow : It's only good for hair and teeth, and mine are false.
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Hubert Smith : [driving in the rain over a bumpy road] As an antique dealer, Mr. Penny, what do you think of this road?
Mr. Penny : Oh, I'd hate to meet the worms that made these holes. Whoo-hoo!
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Myrna Hartley : You really think somebody tried to poison Henrietta?
Hubert Smith : If she hadn't cremated the cat, I could prove it.
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Hubert Smith : [to Abigail, after Henrietta was stabbed to death] You might switch from knitting to embroidering, the needles are a lot shorter.
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Henrietta Winslow : They were all so pleased with what they *thought* they were going to receive, they didn't stick around to hear the rest.
Hubert Smith : I thought I broke in at the end.
Henrietta Winslow : You broke in, but not at the end.
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Hubert Smith : Everything here is for the cats, which is why this place is going to the dogs.