Evil Under the Sun (1982)

James Mason: Odell Gardener

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• Rex Brewster : [needling about financial loss caused by Arlena leaving their show]  Anyway darlings, it must have cost you a pretty bundle closing a hit show like that. Would either of you care to comment on that?

  Odell Gardener : Why don't you go and play with yourself.

  Myra Gardener : Excessively.

  Rex Brewster : Is coarseness a substitute for wit, I ask myself?

• Arlena Stuart Marshall : What's it called, anyway?

  Odell Gardener : It's not right and it's not fair.

  Arlena Stuart Marshall : Sounds like a blackman's left leg.

• Myra Gardener : Well, what the hell do we do now, Odell?

  Odell Gardener : Just leave it to me. I'll think of something.

  Myra Gardener : Hmmph, my hero. I swear, if you were a man I would divorce you.

• Myra Gardener : There she goes, not a care in the world.

  Odell Gardener : I'll make her care.

  Myra Gardener : Oh, what do you know about care? If it had been up to you, the good Samaritan would have passed by on the other side.

  Odell Gardener : I have an idea but I need to work it out.

  Myra Gardener : Yeah, well don't forget about my cousin, Hatty Heimenheimer. It took her so long to "work out an idea," they finally had to stash her away in the booby hatch!

• Myra Gardener : Gilly is my oldest friend, Rex.

  Rex Brewster : Oh, God, I didn't know that!

  Odell Gardener : Gilly is Myra's oldest friend, you know.

  Myra Gardener : I just told him, Odell.

• Arlena Stuart Marshall : What's it called anyway?

  Odell Gardener : "It's Not Right And It's Not Fair".

  [hands Arlena the script] 

  Arlena Stuart Marshall : Sounds like a black man's left leg.

• Myra Gardener : What if the *bitch* refuses to do the show?

  Odell Gardener : We'll lose all our backers, that's what. After all, we sell the show on her name.

  Myra Gardener : To think our futures are riding on that snake-eyed hussy!

• Odell Gardener : It's wonderful to see you, Arlena. We have a fabulous show for you.

  Myra Gardener : Oh, it's a real humdinger, honey.