Conspirator (1949)

Elizabeth Taylor: Melinda Greyton

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• Melinda Greyton : Joyce, look. I've never seen anyone like him. Never.

  Joyce : Do you think he's attractive?

  Melinda Greyton : Ferociously!

• Lord Pennistone : I thought young what'cha-call-him, young Curragh was going to take you out?

  Melinda Greyton : Well, I...

  Lord Pennistone : He's a nice fella. Bit conservative I suppose but I can't help liking him. Why isn't he here?

  Melinda Greyton : [pause]  I don't know.

  Lord Pennistone : Well don't you worry. He'll be along. Reliable sort of chap. I hope nothing's happened to him.

  Joyce : Father!

  Lord Pennistone : Well, accidents will happen. Dark night. Step in front of a car. Might not find the fella for an hour or so.

• Melinda Greyton : Joyce. It's thundering. I'm not a bit afraid of the thunder and lightning. Not a bit. But do you mind if I get in your bed?

• Joyce : I don't see why you want to look like your own mother. It would be different if Major Curragh had a mother complex but I don't think he has at all. Or why would he like you?

  Melinda Greyton : If you'd read as much as I have, you'd know that practically every man in the world has a mother complex.

• Joyce : A shame we couldn't provide something gayer for your first party in London.

  Melinda Greyton : Oh, I don't mind. You're with me. Really, it's fun to watch in a - horrible sort of way.

• Melinda Greyton : I'd love to be a Maharani.

• Melinda Greyton : Michael, let's go swimming.

  Maj. Michael Curragh : Can't. No suits.

  Melinda Greyton : Well, we could take a sun-bath couldn't we?

  Maj. Michael Curragh : That we could.

• Melinda Greyton : I would like to do something about those vases. They're awful. I'd like to get rid of them.

  Broaders : He'd never miss them. You know what men are. Out of sight, out of mind.

• Melinda Greyton : I've been trying to decide if I really love you. Or, if I'm just obsessed by you.

• Aunt Jessica : I see you paint your fingernails. Tell me, I've always wondered. Do young women who paint their fingernails also paint their toes?

  Melinda Greyton : Well I do, although I don't know why. No-one sees them.

• Melinda Greyton : Oh, Michael, what is a batman?

• Melinda Greyton : Michael is resigning his commission. And going in for politics. He's going to be a Communist.

  Maj. Michael Curragh : That's not very funny.

  Col. Hammerbrook : Ha ha. I think it is. By Jove, Michael. I never knew your wife had such a sense of humor.

• Aunt Jessica : Nicko, you're to finish your porridge.

  Nicko : I don't like it.

  Aunt Jessica : Nobody likes it. They just eat it.

  Melinda Greyton : Well, I've finished mine. Now I think I'll have the kipper.

  Aunt Jessica : Porridge and kipper? A nice, healthy appetite. I'm going to like you very much.