Psycho (1960)

Vera Miles: Lila Crane

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• Sam Loomis : You mean the old woman I saw tonight wasn't Mrs. Bates?

  Sheriff Al Chambers : Now wait a minute, Sam, are you *sure* you saw an old woman?

  Sam Loomis : Yes! In the house behind the motel! I called and I pounded, but she just ignored me!

  Sheriff Al Chambers : You mean to tell me you saw Norman Bates' mother?

  Lila Crane : It had to be - because Arbogast said so too. And the young man wouldn't let him see her because she was too ill.

  Sheriff Al Chambers : Well, if the woman up there is Mrs. Bates... who's that woman buried out in Greenlawn Cemetery?

• Dr. Fred Richmond : No. I got the whole story - but not from Norman. I got it - from his mother. Norman Bates no longer exists. He only half-existed to begin with. And now, the other half has taken over. Probably for all time.

  Lila Crane : Did he kill my sister?

  Dr. Fred Richmond : Yes, - and no.

• Lila Crane : Look, that old woman, whoever she is, she told Arbogast something. I want her to tell us the same thing.

  Sam Loomis : Hold it, you can't go up there.

  Lila Crane : Why not?

  Sam Loomis : Bates.

  Lila Crane : Then, let's find him. One of us can keep him occupied while the other gets to the old woman.

  Sam Loomis : You'll never be able to hold him still even if he doesn't want to be held. And, I don't like you going into that house alone.

  Lila Crane : I can handle a sick old woman!

• Sheriff Al Chambers : Your detective told you he couldn't come right back because he was goin' to question Norman Bates' mother. Right?

  Lila Crane : Yes.

  Sheriff Al Chambers : Norman Bates' mother has been dead and buried in Greenlawn Cenetery for the past ten years!

  Eliza Chambers : I helped Norman pick out the dress she was buried in. Periwinkle blue.

  Sheriff Al Chambers : 'Tain't only local history, Sam. It's the only case of murder and suicide on Fairvale ledgers.

• Milton Arbogast : Did you come up here on just a hunch? Nothing more?

  Lila Crane : Not even a hunch, just hope.

• Sam Loomis : That wouldn't be a wise thing to do.

  Lila Crane : Patience doesn't run in my family.

• Lila Crane : I'm sorry if I seem over-anxious, it's just that I'm sure that there's something wrong out there and I have to know what.