Kiss and Tell (1945)

Scott Elliott: Lt. Lenny Archer

Quotes 

• Raymomd Pringle : [to Corliss who's crying in the garden]  You're quite emotional, aren't you? Most women are. I think it's dumb. Mother's having hysterics, too. Pop's swearing to beat the band. Words even I never heard before. Mildred's crying her eyes out.

  Lt. Lenny Archer : [looking up when Mildred's name is mentioned]  Why, what's the matter?

  Raymomd Pringle : Oh, they're picking on her.

  Lt. Lenny Archer : What for?

  Raymomd Pringle : Well, it's really very funny. You see, she just got back after being gone all day, and she won't say where she was and -

  Lt. Lenny Archer : Go on, go on.

  Raymomd Pringle : Now Pop's beginning to think maybe she is leading people astray after all.

• Lt. Lenny Archer : Look, you've got to help me. Can you keep a secret?

  Corliss Archer : Cross my heart.

  Lt. Lenny Archer : Mildred and I were married this morning.

  Corliss Archer : Oh, Lenny! What are Mom and Daddy going to say?

  Lt. Lenny Archer : Well, I was going to break it to them tonight, but now with this new row going -

  Corliss Archer : Does anybody know? About your being married, I mean?

  Lt. Lenny Archer : Not a soul. We drove across the state line to Windham Ferry and dug up a justice of the peace. He and his wife are the only ones who know. Except you.

  Corliss Archer : But you're gonna tell Mom and Daddy, aren't you?

  Lt. Lenny Archer : I don't know. I'm afraid now her parents might move heaven and earth to have it annulled.

  Corliss Archer : Could they?

  Lt. Lenny Archer : I guess they could. She lied about her age on the license.

  Corliss Archer : Golly. How awful

  Lt. Lenny Archer : Awful is right.

  Corliss Archer : Gosh. That makes Mildred my sister-in-law, doesn't it?

• Lt. Lenny Archer : [Mr. and Mrs. Archer come home after a fistfight with the Pringles]  Now listen, after this you're not to say anything. You've got to swear.

  Corliss Archer : I'll take an oath in blood, like we did when we were kids. Will that satisfy you, Lenny?

  Lt. Lenny Archer : Well...

  Corliss Archer : You know I never went back on that. And this is Daddy's blood, too!

  Lt. Lenny Archer : OK.

  Corliss Archer : I swear in blood by everything that I hold sacred that I will never reveal your secret.

  Lt. Lenny Archer : You'd better not, that's all.

  Corliss Archer : They could torture me, and I wouldn't tell!