The Gypsy Moths (1969)

Deborah Kerr: Elizabeth Brandon

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• Mike Rettig : [softly]  Tomorrow, when we leave here, I want you to come with me.

  Elizabeth Brandon : [clearly surprised at the request]  Come with you?

  Mike Rettig : Yes.

  Elizabeth Brandon : [she makes some low sounds, and he moves toward her]  Do you always offer so much more than you're asked for?

  Mike Rettig : Only to those who ask so much less than they want.

• [last lines] 

  Elizabeth Brandon : [about Mike]  He wanted me to go with him.

  V. John Brandon : Did he?

  Elizabeth Brandon : [long pause]  The thought terrified me.

  V. John Brandon : And me...

• Elizabeth Brandon : I imagine you're the sort of man who always manages to find the best and rightest reasons for everything you do. Do you think that's possible for everyone?

  Mike Rettig : I'm always hopeful.

• Elizabeth Brandon : [talking about the upcoming parachute performance]  It really does sound very exciting.

  Mike Rettig : You said it was terrifying.

  Elizabeth Brandon : Yes... Well, I suppose in a way that's what makes it exciting, isn't it?

  Elizabeth Brandon : [Rettig remains silent as she continues]  Most ordinary people can't help but respond to the idea of some excitement in their lives, you know?

  Mike Rettig : Even if it terrifies them?

  Elizabeth Brandon : Yes. Exactly.

• Elizabeth Brandon : How do you come to have this wonderful freedom of choice?

  Mike Rettig : You take it.

  Elizabeth Brandon : From whom?

  Mike Rettig : From anyone who says it isn't yours to take it.

  Elizabeth Brandon : Oh, I envy you

  Mike Rettig : Don't envy me - join me.

• V. John Brandon : Pays well, then, this sort of thing?

  Joe Browdy : If we make it interesting enough.

  Elizabeth Brandon : Oh? How do you do that?

  Joe Browdy : Make it interesting?

  Elizabeth Brandon : Yes, I mean, I shouldn't think you'd have to do anything in particular to make it more interesting than it is to begin with.

  Mike Rettig : What Browdy means is the closer we come to the ground - the more interesting it is for the customers. And for us too, of course.

  Elizabeth Brandon : [pause]  How terrifying.

• Elizabeth Brandon : You're very direct, aren't you?

  Mike Rettig : Not very subtle, you mean.

  Elizabeth Brandon : No, I didn't say that. I think you are subtle, but in a direct sort of way.

• Elizabeth Brandon : The merciful stranger come to save me from the terrible boredom and lovelessness of my life. Is that what you think you are?

  Mike Rettig : I'm only offering you a way out.

  Elizabeth Brandon : I don't want a way out!

  Mike Rettig : Well, then, that's the difference. You have to want it.

• Elizabeth Brandon : Leave me alone!

  Mike Rettig : Do it!