Where Danger Lives (1950)

Robert Mitchum: Dr. Jeff Cameron

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Quotes 

• Mr. Lannington : So you're quite sure of your feelings? I mean, you know, people sometimes get... carried away. Come to their senses again with a jolt.

  Jeff Cameron : Mr. Lannington, I want to marry your daughter.

  Mr. Lannington : I wish you'd stop calling her my daughter. She happens to be my wife.

• Jeff Cameron : [drinking a cocktail in a tropical-themed restaurant]  These things are like water.

  Waiter : They creep up on you.

  Jeff Cameron : Bring me a couple more.

  Waiter : But, sir, you have four and we are only allowed two to a customer.

  Jeff Cameron : Why?

  Waiter : That drink makes a guy talk back to his mother-in-law.

  Jeff Cameron : What about his father-in-law?

  Waiter : I suppose so.

  Jeff Cameron : You've given me an idea.

• Jeff Cameron : [rubbing his head]  My head hurts. Feels like it's exploding.

  [looking out the car window] 

  Jeff Cameron : Aren't we going pretty fast?

  Margo : We *need* to go fast.

• Jeff Cameron : Look, I want you, not the money.

  Margo : Money can help. It'd be awfully tough for a young doctor, Jeff.

  Jeff Cameron : I've aged considerably in the last five minutes.

  Margo : Poverty's sordid. If you were broke...

  Jeff Cameron : I will be, I promise you.

• Margo : I won't leave you. I'll be with you always.

  Jeff Cameron : Yeah. Well, 'always' won't be for long if we don't get rid of this car.

• Jeff Cameron : It all fits in, all the symptoms. I didn't fall in love with a woman - I fell in love with a patient.

• [repeated lines] 

  Jeff Cameron : [to a stray cat]  Hello, kitty.

• Margo : [as their ride across the border to Mexico looks imminent]  Darling, there's nothing more to worry about.

  Jeff Cameron : We've got *everything* to worry about.

  Margo : What, Jeff? Money? You don't know. There's thousands for us in a bank in Mexico City. In my name. "Margo Lyncott." My maiden name, Jeff. And it's *my* signature.

  Jeff Cameron : I don't understand this.

  Margo : It was his heart. His heart was so bad. And he was working against me. You saw that. I was afraid he'd change his will. So I put his money away - every week, every month - for years. Everything is breaking for us now!

• [last lines] 

  Jeff Cameron : [from his hospital bed after learning that he will be all right]  Can I send flowers to San Francisco?

  Dr. Matthews : [nodding positively]  I think so.

  Jeff Cameron : [reaching for a prewritten piece of paper underneath his pillow and handing it to the doctor]  Wait a minute. Here's the address.

  Dr. Matthews : [to Jeff as he opens the door to walk out of the room]  This should be an easy prescription to fill.

  Julie Dorn : [as the doctor has just walked out into the hallway knowing she was there waiting]  How is he, doctor?

  Dr. Matthews : Well enough to send you flowers.

  Julie Dorn : Flowers?

  Dr. Matthews : [handing her the paper]  Just one.

  Julie Dorn : [smiling as she reads the order]  A white rose. He he well enough to have visitors?

  Dr. Matthews : Just one. You.

  [Julie smiles as she walks to then opens the closed door]