My Forbidden Past (1951)
Robert Mitchum: Dr. Mark Lucas
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Barbara Beaurevel : Good-bye. Until tomorrow.
Dr. Mark Lucas : No. I'm taking a boat to South America. Tonight at eight o'clock.
Barbara Beaurevel : But, how long will you be gone?
Dr. Mark Lucas : A couple of months. I've got the university to send me.
Barbara Beaurevel : Why didn't you tell me?
Dr. Mark Lucas : I wanted to cut it sharp - with a knife.
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Paul Beaurevel : I'm sorry, Dr. Lucas, apparently you don't think very well of me.
Dr. Mark Lucas : Sure I do! I think you've managed to live a very pleasant, easy life for a man with so little charm, less talent and no honor.
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Dr. Mark Lucas : Whatever the rules are, I'll play them.
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Barbara Beaurevel : You're a fool, Mark. You're an awful fool.
Dr. Mark Lucas : Thank you very much, Barbara. It was a very pleasant dance.
Barbara Beaurevel : You can't leave me on the floor, Mark. It's not polite.
Dr. Mark Lucas : Don't you remember? I'm a Yankee. No manners.
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Dr. Mark Lucas : It's like eating the core of the apple before taking the first bite.
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Dr. Mark Lucas : Corrine, may I present Dean Cazzley. This is my wife.
Corinne Lucas : How do you do?
Dean Cazzley : How nice. You let him work, do you hear?
Corinne Lucas : As long as he lets me play.
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Dr. Mark Lucas : You alone?
Barbara Beaurevel : Isn't everyone.
Dr. Mark Lucas : Oh, you're a philosopher.
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Barbara Beaurevel : Oh, then you still approve of something about me?
Dr. Mark Lucas : Beautiful hair. Warm complexion. Exciting figure - if I could see it in those clothes.
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Dr. Mark Lucas : I haven't had you out of my mind for a single heartbeat.
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Barbara Beaurevel : Darling, it's not too late.
Dr. Mark Lucas : You've been using your sex on me. I'd like to know why?
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Barbara Beaurevel : Oh, Mark, what did I ever do to you?
[kiss]
Dr. Mark Lucas : That's what you did to me. So, now I warn you. Stay away from me.
Barbara Beaurevel : I'm afraid that's the wrong way to tell me.
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Barbara Beaurevel : Then, it's all right, isn't it?
Dr. Mark Lucas : You mean, you and Corrine and I can live happily together?
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Dr. Mark Lucas : You read people just like books, don't you?
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[last lines]
Dr. Mark Lucas : You might turn out to be quite a woman.
