The Burglar (1957)

Martha Vickers: Della

Quotes 

• Della : What's your name?

  Nat Harbin : Nathaniel... Say, what is this? What do you want?

  Della : Basically - basically, I'm out to find myself a man. Wait for me outside.

  Nat Harbin : Are you kidding?

  Della : No. No, Nathaniel, I'm not kidding.

  Nat Harbin : Well, that's tough on you. Sorry, no sale.

  Della : [slaps Nat]  Just to let you know, I'm - not selling anything.

• Della : [sitting at a bar, smoking a cigarette]  My name's Della. I said, my name's Della.

  Nat Harbin : What goes here?

  Della : The situation.

  Nat Harbin : You do this all the time?

  Della : No, of course not. You know I've never done it before.

  Nat Harbin : How would I know?

  Della : You just know, that's all. You're looking at me and you know.

• Della : I was 17. I went to Chicago. Great city, Chicago. The city of opportunity. The first three I turned down. And along comes Sir Galahad to the rescue. Turns out he runs a model agency. At least, that's what he called it. The first thing I know there's a - bunch a creeps with cameras. Somehow, I landed in show business. I was a dancer. What's known as a: high-kicker. One night, I kicked a booking agent right in the mouth. Broke his jaw.

• Della : Nathaniel. Nathaniel. Nat. You know, I like the feel of that name. Nat. Soft, but it has a snap to it. A soft snap. It's a patent leather name.

• Della : Finally, it happened. I meet an eligible bachelor. A nice guy. Real nice. So completely different from all the others. So clean. I married him. I was happy. I was so happy, I couldn't believe it. Then comes the left hook, right between the eyes.

  Nat Harbin : He took off?

  Della : Jet propelled.

  Nat Harbin : Why? What did it?

  Della : A photograph. Some joker showed him a photograph of me. One of the specials from the modeling agency. He didn't even bother to hit me.