The Black Cat (1941)

Broderick Crawford: A. Gilmore Smith

Quotes 

• Hubert Smith : What's this?

  Montague Hartley : Ashes! That proves it. It *was* Abigail! Unquestionably.

  Hubert Smith : [aside, to Elaine]  He thinks he's Sherlock Holmes.

• Elaine Winslow : Were you insinuating that Grandmother's death wasn't accidental?

  Hubert Smith : Well, she wasn't killed by kindness, was she?

• Hubert Smith : Oh, then you're the guy that slugged me.

  Richard Hartley : Yeah, and I'll do it again any time you train down to my weight.

• Myrna Hartley : [responding to a noise]  What was that?

  Hubert Smith : Only a cat. There's always a cat someplace around here.

• Hubert Smith : [Quoting the sign at the gate]  That house is doubly blest / Which to our feline friends gives rest.

  Mr. Penny : Oh, poetry, huh? It's beautiful, beautiful.

  Hubert Smith : That's what Mrs. Winslow says. But as kids we used to say, In her hats are many bats / For spending all her dough on cats.

• Hubert Smith : Drink your milk, it's good for you.

  Henrietta Winslow : It's only good for hair and teeth, and mine are false.

• Hubert Smith : [driving in the rain over a bumpy road]  As an antique dealer, Mr. Penny, what do you think of this road?

  Mr. Penny : Oh, I'd hate to meet the worms that made these holes. Whoo-hoo!

• Myrna Hartley : You really think somebody tried to poison Henrietta?

  Hubert Smith : If she hadn't cremated the cat, I could prove it.

• Hubert Smith : [to Abigail, after Henrietta was stabbed to death]  You might switch from knitting to embroidering, the needles are a lot shorter.

• Henrietta Winslow : They were all so pleased with what they *thought* they were going to receive, they didn't stick around to hear the rest.

  Hubert Smith : I thought I broke in at the end.

  Henrietta Winslow : You broke in, but not at the end.

• Hubert Smith : Everything here is for the cats, which is why this place is going to the dogs.