Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Herbert Marshall: Stephen Fisher

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• Stephen Fisher : It's really very exciting being present at the christening of an American newspaper correspondent. Shouldn't we break a bottle of champagne or something?

• Stephen Fisher : I have fought for my country, in my heart, in a very difficult way; because, sometimes it is harder to fight dishonourably than nobly in the open.

• Stephen Fisher : I don't like you dashing about like this without some protection.

  John Jones : Oh, forget it.

  Stephen Fisher : If what you say is true, you need protection.

  John Jones : Listen, Mr. Fisher, I've covered beer mob killings and race riots since I was a tot without even carrying a rabbit's foot.

  Stephen Fisher : These people are criminal, more dangerous than your rumrunners and house-breakers. They're fanatics! They combine a mad love of country with an equally mad indifference to life - their own, as well as others'. They're cunning, unscrupulous - and - inspired.

• Stephen Fisher : Dr. Williamson, this is Huntley Haverstock who represents the New York Globe. He's a little unfamiliar with Amsterdam and the machinery of peace meetings. Would you be so good to take him under your wing? Perhaps you and Mrs. Appleby might see that he samples 8 or 10 varieties of Dutch cheese at dinner tonight.

• Stephen Fisher : If you have a brandy, it'll make you feel better.

  Carol Fisher : You know it always makes me cry harder.