Three Strangers (1946)

Sydney Greenstreet: Jerome K. Arbutny

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• Jerome K. Arbutny : I'll stay and witness your miracle as you call it. If it happens at midnight, we have only five minutes to go.

  Jerome K. Arbutny : That gives us just time to make our wish.

  Jerome K. Arbutny : Wish?

  Crystal Shackleford : Yes, I mentioned that Kwan Yin would not only open her eyes but her heart as well. Whatever we ask for she will grant.

  Johnny West : Oh, that's the kind of lady I like.

  Crystal Shackleford : The only difficulty is it has to be the same wish for three of us.

  Johnny West : What could that possibly be?

  Crystal Shackleford : I've been thinking about it for several days. You see, the wish I had my heart set on isn't one that I could possibly expect strangers to share, but I found the solution. What I wish can make all others come true.

  Jerome K. Arbutny : Eh?

  Crystal Shackleford : It's very simple... money.

  Johnny West : Money? That's all right with me although I think you slightly overestimate its power.

  Jerome K. Arbutny : No, I have no objections to money. How much do you suppose the Chinese lady can be, uh, touched for? Two thousand pounds?

  Johnny West : Well, that's a very trifling amount, but, eh, I think I can use it.

  [He turns out his pockets and they are empty] 

• Johnny West : You do not believe in miracles, I see.

  Jerome K. Arbutny : Hardly.

  Johnny West : Ah, pardon me, sir, but then, ah, what do you believe in?

  Jerome K. Arbutny : Who me? I believe in what I can see... what I can get my hands on.

  Johnny West : And I believe that those things are not at all real. Who are we to say, uh, that the legend of Kwan Yin is any less real than the iron you tapped with your ring.

• Johnny West : You do not believe in miracles, I see.

  Jerome K. Arbutny : Hardly.

  Johnny West : Ah, pardon me, sir, but then, ah, what do you believe in?

  Jerome K. Arbutny : Who me? I believe in what I can see... what I can get my hands on.

  Johnny West : And I believe that those things are not at all real. Who are we to say, uh, tha the legend of Kwan Yin is any less real than the iron you just tapped with your ring?