Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Edward Everett Horton: Mr. Witherspoon

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• Teddy Brewster : Mr. Witherfork!

  Mr. Witherspoon : Spoon!

  [Mortimer hands him a spoon] 

• Cab Driver : I knew this would end up in the nuthouse.

  Mr. Witherspoon : [offended]  We like to think of it as a rest home!

• Mr. Witherspoon : [to himself]  Another Roosevelt? Oh, dear, dear.

• Mr. Witherspoon : Well you see, Mr. Brewster, we have several Theodore Roosevelts at the moment and it would lead to trouble. Oh trouble. Oh. Well now, if he thought that uh... Well, Mr. Brewster, we're a bit short of Napoleons at present.

• Lt. Rooney : Look, super, don't you think you can find room for the ladies?

  Mr. Witherspoon : Just the ladies?