Devil and the Deep (1932)

Charles Laughton: Cmdr. Charles Sturm

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• Cmdr. Charles Sturm : [to Lt Sempter]  It must be a happy thing to look like you do. I suppose women love you. I've never had that. Must be a happy thing.

• Cmdr. Charles Sturm : [opening lines]  You dropped this.

  [hands Jaeckel a letter] 

  Lt. Jaeckel : [embarrassed]  Oh. Thank you sir.

  Cmdr. Charles Sturm : From my wife.

  Lt. Jaeckel : Yes, sir.

  Cmdr. Charles Sturm : I recognised the handwriting.

  Lt. Jaeckel : Yes, it's just a note, telling me that...

  Cmdr. Charles Sturm : That's alright, my boy - you don't have to explain. I'm a husband, not a jailer.

  Lt. Jaeckel : I know sir, it was only about dinner last night.

  Cmdr. Charles Sturm : My friend, this isn't the Middle Ages. A woman can write letters to whom she pleases, can't she?