Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

Yvonne De Carlo: Bridget Kelly

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• Bridget Kelly : He was the most hated man on earth. But, he could have been one of the great men of the world. He had a big mind. When they talk about him, they'll be talking about a giant. A genius. Some people called him an evil genius.

• Bridget Kelly : He lifted me out of the gutter. He made me somebody. He was the only man I ever loved. I was only really happy when I was with him.

• Bridget Kelly : He started his career only a few years ago in Europe. It doesn't seem possible, he could have accomplished so much in such a short time.

• Bridget Kelly : Did you just get off the boat?

  Bridget Kelly : Yes. How did you know?

  Clementi Sabourin : It shows all over.

• Bridget Kelly : Where you from?

  Clementi Sabourin : France.

  Bridget Kelly : Where did you learn to speak English so good?

  Clementi Sabourin : I studied at a place called Oxford.

  Bridget Kelly : Oxford - I ought to go there.

  Clementi Sabourin : They'd be more likely to study you there.

  Bridget Kelly : You being insulting?

  Clementi Sabourin : No. I just meant that you'd make a fascinating course in anatomy.

  Bridget Kelly : Thanks!

• Bridget Kelly : How come you just get off the boat and head straight for a bar?

  Clementi Sabourin : Looking for company.

  Bridget Kelly : What sort of company?

  Clementi Sabourin : Your sort.

  Bridget Kelly : How do you know what my sort is?

  Clementi Sabourin : Well, you're not a school teacher.

  Bridget Kelly : Oh, I don't know. I could teach you your A-B-Cs.

  Clementi Sabourin : In that case, I might be a willing pupil.

• Bridget Kelly : What you gonna do in America?

  Clementi Sabourin : Oh, maybe I'll steal a little. What do you do?

  Bridget Kelly : I float, I drift - I look.

• Clementi Sabourin : Let's get out of here.

  Bridget Kelly : Were will we go?

  Clementi Sabourin : Anywhere.

  Bridget Kelly : I know the perfect place.

• Clementi Sabourin : Hey, what about those A-B-Cs you were telling me about?

  Bridget Kelly : We'll get to that. This is where I live.

• Clementi Sabourin : You know, I think I'm going to like you. You won't tire my mind.

  Bridget Kelly : I might wear it out my way.

• Bridget Kelly : How do you like our country?

  Clementi Sabourin : After tonight, I'm going to become a citizen.

  Bridget Kelly : After tonight, you'll be entitled to citizenship.

  [clinks two glasses of bourbon - straight] 

• Clementi Sabourin : Who was that?

  Bridget Kelly : My husband.

  Clementi Sabourin : Your husband?

  Bridget Kelly : Relax! We're not married any more. We're just good friends.

• Bridget Kelly : Love is a very unsatisfactory thing, anyway. Life is a regular battle.

• Bridget Kelly : My money do all this?

  Clementi Sabourin : Yes. Your money and my brains. Except that it wasn't your money.

  Bridget Kelly : You stole it from me.

  Clementi Sabourin : To steal from a thief is no crime.

• Clementi Sabourin : How would you like a job?

  Bridget Kelly : Doing what?

  Clementi Sabourin : Working for me. I could use a pretty thief in my business.

• Clementi Sabourin : You know, you and I are very much alike.

  Bridget Kelly : We're both crooks. Only there's one difference. I don't wanna be. And you can't help yourself.

  Clementi Sabourin : I like you. I think you're going to work out fine.

• Clementi Sabourin : Miss Kelly and I are leaving for Canada tomorrow.

  Bridget Kelly : Are we?

  Clementi Sabourin : Yes. I'm going to show you how to take Wilson's money without taking his wallet.

• Bridget Kelly : What are you leaving me here for?

  Clementi Sabourin : I have a feeling that our Mr. Wilson has an eye for the ladies. Now, you make him sell. Now, don't come back until he does.

• Bridget Kelly : [early morning, on the phone to Sabourin]  Well, I'm back in my hotel room. Mr. Wilson has decided to sell at the figure you quoted.

• Clementi Sabourin : Don't moralize with me, you tramp!

  Bridget Kelly : We're both tramps!

• Bridget Kelly : What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?

  Oswald Van Renassalear : Why? What have you got in mind?

  Bridget Kelly : Roast beef.

• Clementi Sabourin : What's going on between you two?

  Mr. O'Hara : I don't like your inference.

  Clementi Sabourin : Whether you like it or not, you seem to be getting very chummy.

  Bridget Kelly : Why are you so interested? You've got four cases going on that I know of. You remind me of a doctor treating all his patients at the same time.

• Mrs. Sabourin - Clementi's mother : [final lines]  I didn't forgive him.

  Bridget Kelly : Maybe he's been forgiven now.

• Clementi Sabourin : Here's a check, for $2 million, from Mrs. Ryan.

  Mr. O'Hara : [a bit taken aback, looking at the check]  What for?

  Clementi Sabourin : She just bought 2 million shares of Sabouranium.

  Bridget Kelly : What's Sabouranium?

  Clementi Sabourin : It's a company that we're forming today. We capitalize at $10 million.

  Mr. O'Hara : [skeptical]  Just like that... And where are we digging?

  Herbert Bauman - Clementi's lawyer : Nowhere! We buy some land, show a lot of expenses, and throw the whole company into receivership. It's *very* simple.

  Clementi Sabourin : All right gentlemen, go to work!

• Clementi Sabourin : [as they emerge from a New York City subway stairwell]  First time I've ever been in the subway. Quite a fascinating experience.

  Bridget Kelly : Everybody who comes here wants to ride in the subway. You'll get over it.

• Bridget Kelly : Cheer up, Mr. Sabourin. You've had a five million dollar day.

  Clementi Sabourin : It could've been 15 million.

  Bridget Kelly : You made five million dollars and you're miserable?

  Clementi Sabourin : It could've been 15 million. They beat me!

  Bridget Kelly : Who beat you? I can remember when $500 was big money to you.

  Clementi Sabourin : I can remember the time when you were working the boats like a starving bird waiting for scraps.

  Bridget Kelly : Why don't you stop? I was small-time compared to you.

  Clementi Sabourin : To think that I told a lie and it turned out to be the truth.

  Bridget Kelly : Ha! So that's what's bothering you.

  Clementi Sabourin : Oh, don't moralize with me, you tramp!

  Bridget Kelly : We're both tramps! That's what you said, remember? Only I'm a tramp who's satisfied with less.

• Bridget Kelly : [referring to Stephanie North - Mrs. Ryan's secretary]  You can't mean she's worth $75,000 to you?

  Clementi Sabourin : I don't mind if she costs me a million. See, you don't understand. She's a *nice* girl. Clean and wholesome. I might even marry her.

• Bridget Kelly : [in reference to Stephanie North]  Well, you finally met someone you couldn't buy with money.

  Clementi Sabourin : Can you imagine the gall? The unmitigated gall.

• Bridget Kelly : Clementi, didn't you know I loved you? I do. I tried to talk myself out of it by telling myself you're no good, but I love you. I could've made you better. I could've made myself better because I *wanted* to be better for you.

  Clementi Sabourin : Kelly, forget about me. I stopped being a human being the day I left Europe. I resigned from the human race then. It's too late, Kelly. I have to achieve my goal.