The Lady in Question (1940)

Brian Aherne: Andre Morestan

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• Michele Morestan : What kind of a woman is that Natalie Roguin?

  Andre Morestan : I'm not permitted to discuss the case with members of my family.

  Michele Morestan : It can't be much, probably mixed up with that sort of thing.

  Andre Morestan : People shouldn't condemn what they don't know.

  Michele Morestan : I heard about her in the market place today and they say she's not a nice girl.

  Andre Morestan : The marketplace, the marketplace, new court of justice. Tomorrow we'll move the judges down among the food and vegetables and settle the case there.

• Andre Morestan : That's what's wrong with everybody. People talk and people yell; but, do they ever think?

• Henri Lurette : Natalie Roguin, the French father and her Hungarian mother. Then, there's something about the job she's had that might prove something. Waitress. Cashier. Manicurist. Model. I wonder why she wasn't ever a nurse or a school teacher?

  Andre Morestan : Why weren't you ever a ballet dancer?

• Michele Morestan : He never winked at me.

  Andre Morestan : How do you know? You didn't see him. I was watching him.

  Michele Morestan : I'm sure he only wanted to talk to you about his bicycle. He must have winked at you.

  Andre Morestan : Well, I don't want him to wink at me!

• Andre Morestan : Oh, everybody loves everybody here. This house is a paradise for lovers!

• Andre Morestan : When the Republic calls, we must all answer.

  Henri Lurette : This is the first time for you I suppose?

  Andre Morestan : Yes, yes. I've waited for 27 years for the chance to be called as a juror. Have you served before?

  Henri Lurette : Yes, yes. The Bluebeard case.

  Andre Morestan : Oh yes, I remember reading about that - a man who killed his wife, wasn't it?

  Henri Lurette : One wife? Four!

  Andre Morestan : Oh - that must have been quite a case!

  Henri Lurette : Yes, only he didn't kill them.

  Andre Morestan : Hmmm?

  Henri Lurette : Later, I figured it out that he was innocent.

  Andre Morestan : Later?

  Henri Lurette : After he was executed.

• Michele Morestan : I don't want you to go to trials. If your father wants to associate with criminals, let him; but not you.

  Andre Morestan : Tell your mother that a juror associates with the police, not with criminals.

• Andre Morestan : I've told my wife so many lies, I don't think I could ever tell her the truth now.

• Andre Morestan : What makes everyone think that a trial is a picnic?