Stage Fright (1950)

Alastair Sim: Commodore Gill

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• Det. Insp. Wilfred 'Ordinary' Smith : Look here - you don't look like an irresponsible imbecile; why behave like one? What do you mean, letting your daughter get mixed up in a business like this? What sort of a father do you think you are?

  Commodore Gill : Unique. Quite unique.

• Eve Gill : I appreciate you, father. You and Captain Kidd are my favorite heroes.

  Commodore Gill : My child, I am not deceived. If there's one thing I cannot bear, it's insincerity.

• Commodore Gill : I never hope to be appreciated. Yes, your mother cured me of that. That's why I could never be bothered with your mother.

• Eve Gill : There's nothing the matter with your reputation!

  Commodore Gill : Oh, indeed? I'd rather flattered myself that there was...

• Commodore Gill : More than a friend, eh?

  Eve Gill : When I'm with him, I get a feeling in here that... that's sort of...

  Commodore Gill : Yes, well, we'll go into the symptoms later. Meanwhile, I take it you're either keen on him, or still hungry.

• Commodore Gill : The best thing you can do, my girl, is go back to the Academy; practice your soul-shaking antics in surroundings where they can't do any harm.

• Eve Gill : I have to phone Smith tomorrow. Why don't I invite him to the theatrical garden party with me? I have to sell programs there.

  Commodore Gill : I don't quite follow you, my dear Holmes.

  Eve Gill : In order to make him see! Nobody suspects our Charlotte yet. And they've got to!

• Commodore Gill : Miss Livingston, I presume.

  Nellie Goode : That's not my name.

  Commodore Gill : No, no, no, it's Nellie Goode, isn't it? But, what does a name matter? After all, I could think of lots and lots of much more appropriate names for you.

  Nellie Goode : Yes and I could think of a few for you, too. Who are you?

• Commodore Gill : You are a blackmailer, aren't you? You know, that's a very, very naughty thing to be.

• Eve Gill : No matter how my feelings toward him change, I still can't let Jonathan down, can I?

  Commodore Gill : Not while he's hiding in our house.

• Eve Gill : Do you think I've behaved like a fool?

  Commodore Gill : On the whole, I think so. I think your boyfriend has behaved like a fool. I have a strong premonition that I'm going to behave like a fool. It's infectious.

• Commodore Gill : Forgiveness, Mr. Smith, is the secret of a happy married life. That, and good, long stretches of the absence that makes the heart grow fonder.