The Perfect Furlough (1958)

Elaine Stritch: Liz Baker

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• Liz Baker : Oh, come off it, Lieutenant, admit it! The guy bugs you.

  Lt. Vicki Loren : As far as I'm concerned, a bug is something you find crawling in your bed.

  Liz Baker : I rest my case.

• Colonel Leland : He's loose in Paris?

  Harvey Franklin : Well?

  Liz Baker : Well, everybody's loose in Paris.

• Liz Baker : Whenever the studio sends out one of their stars, like Sandra, they send along someone from publicity. In addition to publicist, I also play nurse maid and mother confessor. Mr. Franklin insists on a watchdog for Sandra. You see, she doesn't understand English very well and if anybody talks too fast, she's liable to say yes when she should've said no. You follow?

  Lt. Vicki Loren : Mm-hmm. And so you say no for her.

  Liz Baker : Constantly.

• Lt. Vicki Loren : Speaking for Sandra, I think you better start brushing up on saying no.

  Liz Baker : Speaking for Sandra, I don't know how long I can hold out.

• Harvey Franklin : How did she get a cold?

  Liz Baker : Well, it's something that she caught.

  Harvey Franklin : What do you mean it's something that she caught?

  Liz Baker : Well, you know how those things are.

  Harvey Franklin : You are supposed to protect her, Miss Baker. If there is anything to be caught, it is your job to catch it.

• Maj. Collins : Doctor, she's not married. How can she have a baby?

  French Doctor : It's really very simple, monsieur.

  Liz Baker : Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?

  Maj. Collins : It isn't *I* - who have made a mistake.

• Liz Baker : Well, sir, Sandra is going to have a baby.

  Harvey Franklin : Miss Baker. I shall hold you personally responsible.

  Liz Baker : Mr. Franklin, no jury in the world would believe that.