Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Van Johnson: Dick Layn
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Quotes
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Dick Layn : Now, just tilt your head back and relax and above all: keep calm.
Christine Riverton Duncan : I'm perfectly calm.
Dick Layn : I can't do it if you talk. Please, just look up. Now, look down. Now, you know, you're very pretty when you roll your eyes.
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Dick Layn : Don't get lost, again. Remember, all these compartments look alike.
Christine Riverton Duncan : Yes, I know. That's why they put the letters on the door.
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Dick Layn : [singing] Now, I opened my book and I turned the page, I see where we're livin' in a mighty age, With television and rocket planes, And air condition on streamlined trains...
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Dick Layn : [singing] There's them that does, And them that don't, And them that says they will but won't, So if Satan tempts you, Hold on tight, 'Cause you can't do wrong doin' right...
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Christine Riverton Duncan : Mr. Layn, if you care anything about a person, you - well - well, you trust them.
Dick Layn : Miss Duncan, I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw Mount Baldy.
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Dick Layn : Tell him it's 90 below and they've evacuated all the women.
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Dick Layn : Why don't you dance for us, Ellie?
Eleanor Powell : Oh, Dick...
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Dick Layn : Oh, Chris, as long as we're not married, I don't see why we can't manage to get along.
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Dick Layn : Maybe we've got this thing figured out wrong. Maybe they weren't conniving after all.
Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : Then what were they doing?
Dick Layn : That's a good question.
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Christine Riverton Duncan : Get out of here.
Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : I get the feeling we're not wanted.
Dick Layn : How do you like that for gratitude.
Christine Riverton Duncan : Out!
Dick Layn : She's been swimming around in a cool tank all day and we've been slaving over a hot stove.
Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : Working our fingers to the bone.