When the Bough Breaks (1947)

Patrick Holt: Robert Norman

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• Robert Norman : Shall I get my solicitor to draw up the papers?

  Lily Bates : What papers?

  Robert Norman : Well, there'll have to be a legal document, you know.

  Lily Bates : I won't sign anything.

  Robert Norman : Well, really!

  Lily Bates : I'm giving you my baby to bring up because I trust you. Not because of a lot of words on a bit of paper.

  Frances Norman : Of course, Lily. There's no need for us to worry about agreements.

  Robert Norman : All right, but as a businessman...

  Frances Norman : As a businessman, darling, you'd make a very poor mother.