The Verdict (1946)
Peter Lorre: Victor Emmric
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Quotes
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Victor Emmric : It's a wretched night.
Supt. George Edward Grodman : Maybe it's only you who is wretched, Victor.
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Supt. John R. Buckley : Why have you come here?
Victor Emmric : I have always had a supressed desire to see a grave opened... especially at night.
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Mrs. Vicky Benson : You ought to have a police whistle too - just in case.
Victor Emmric : Yes, I should, but how would you blow a whistle if somebody cut your throat?
Mrs. Vicky Benson : I never thought of that - no wind!
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Victor Emmric : [talking about having just seen Supt. Buckley] Oh, he thought he was very clever. He was trying to draw me out about Lottie, so, it cost him a lot of his liquor.
Supt. George Edward Grodman : [laughs] Lottie again, huh?
Victor Emmric : Yes, he said they'd been watching her, and they know every movement she's made since they've released her.
Supt. George Edward Grodman : Every movement?
Victor Emmric : Say, that's a very disturbing thought.
[they both laugh]
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Victor Emmric : [checking bottle of chilled champagne] *Just* right.
[looking at the label]
Victor Emmric : Hmm. 1881. Huh huh.
Arthur Kendall : I say, Victor- if you aren't with a new girl, you're with an old bottle.
[Victor chuckles]
Arthur Kendall : Don't you ever get tired?
Victor Emmric : Perhaps, but can you think of a better way?
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Victor Emmric : 'To your good health! And this, sir, is to be an evening of wine, women and song.
Supt. George Edward Grodman : Wine, women and song? Victor you flatter me. You know I can't sing.