Nora Prentiss (1947)
Kent Smith: Dr. Richard Talbot
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Quotes
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Dr. Richard Talbot : [finishing her bandage] There, it doesn't look bad.
Nora Prentiss : The bandage or the leg?
Dr. Richard Talbot : Young lady, I...
Nora Prentiss : Can't you decide, doctor?
Dr. Richard Talbot : Well, I made the bandage. I didn't make the leg.
[Nora laughs]
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Dr. Richard Talbot : I don' t know what's happened to me...
Nora Prentiss : I happened to you, that's what!
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Nora Prentiss : Well, Doc, thanks for the cigarette and the drink. In fact, thanks for everything.
Dr. Richard Talbot : Oh, that's quite all right. Good night.
Nora Prentiss : Uh, just a minute. How much do I owe you?
Dr. Richard Talbot : Oh, I'll send you a bill.
Nora Prentiss : Got the name?
Dr. Richard Talbot : Prentiss. Nora Prentiss.
Nora Prentiss : Don't forget.
Dr. Richard Talbot : I won't.
Nora Prentiss : By the way, you've been, uh, very patient with me. You may not have noticed, but I was a little fresh.
Dr. Richard Talbot : I noticed.
Nora Prentiss : I don't know why, but... something about you. Next time I'll be polite.
Dr. Richard Talbot : That's fine. Next time my bill won't be so large.
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Dr. Richard Talbot : I could never prove my innocence. You know that. They'd never believe me. If a man commits one crime, it's easy to suspect him of another. Besides, I am guilty of killing a man. I killed Richard Talbot.
Nora Prentiss : If there was only something I could do.
Dr. Richard Talbot : There is. Keep this to yourself. Never breathe a word of it to anyone. Promise.
Nora Prentiss : You can't ask me to go on living with a memory that I could have saved you and didn't. You can't do that.
Dr. Richard Talbot : If I can die remembering that, you can live remembering it.
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Dr. Richard Talbot : I'm writing a paper on ailments of the heart.
Nora Prentiss : A paper? I could write a book!