Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Cliff Clark: Martin
Quotes
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Michael : But what if she's right? He didn't do it and they give him the chair?
Martin : Suppose they do? What difference does it make? There's too many people in the world anyway.
Michael : What's the use of talking to you? You think everything's a joke.
Martin : My son, it is. If it weren't, life wouldn't be worth living.
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Michael : [referring to Meng] Did you ever want to kill a man?
Martin : My son, there's murder in every *intelligent* man's heart.
Michael : He's no man. He's a worm - the kind you ought to jump on with heavy boots.
Martin : You'll have to do an awful lot of jumping. The Earth is covered with 'em.
Michael : [while absentmindedly gesturing with his dinner knife] It'd be a real pleasure to cut his throat.
Martin : Say, you're not kidding. Put down that knife!
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Martin : [referring to Joe Briggs' defense attorney] I wouldn't let him defend me if it was for stealing an apple.
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Martin : [to the bartender] Mein host, two more of the same.