The Locket (1946)

Robert Mitchum: Norman Clyde

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• Norman Clyde : I don't take money for nothing. I'm not conducting a class so the parasitic rich can escape boredom. I'm not that hard up.

  Nancy Monks : Well, I hope you never will be, Mr. Clyde. I admire your principles. I wish I could say the same for your disposition.

• Norman Clyde : I really didn't mean to be offensive.

  Nancy Monks : That hardly seems possible.

• Drew Bonner : I always listen to Nancy. She has such excellent taste.

  Norman Clyde : I congratulate you, Mr. Bonner. Most rich people make the mistake of relying on their own.

• Nancy Monks : How could I ever have liked you, Norman - arrogant, suspicious, neurotic...

  Norman Clyde : It isn't neurotic to be jealous.

  Nancy Monks : It's worse than neurotic to be jealous of a dead man.

• Norman Clyde : Save that for him. He'll need it. You've got him just where you want him. He's going to make all the mistakes I did.

• Norman Clyde : In the eyes of the world you're a smart psychiatrist. Your opinions are worth listening to, but I'm just a mixed-up patient.

  Dr. Harry Blair : And you'd like it to be the other way around, wouldn't you?

  Norman Clyde : No. I don't mind being mixed-up. My conscience is clear. I did all I could to save a man's life. You did what you could to prevent me.

  Dr. Harry Blair : Oh, that's fine, if you see it that way. I've done you a service.

  Norman Clyde : That's right. It's on your conscience now.

• Norman Clyde : I guess that's it, doc. I took those pills you gave me. Remarkable pills. Just woke up a few minutes ago. Slept right through the execution.