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Movie Quote of the Day – Behind Locked Doors, 1948 (dir. Budd Boetticher)
Dr. Porter: Larson! Stop that!
Larson: I was just giving the Champ a workout.
Dr. Porter: I told you a dozen times not to abuse the patients!
Movie Quote of the Day – The Dark Corner, 1946 (dir. Henry Hathaway)
Bradford Galt: Listen, if you don’t want to lose that stardust look in your eyes, get going while the door’s still open. If you stick around here, you’ll get grafters, shysters, two-bit thugs and maybe worse, maybe me.
Female Filmmaker Friday: The Hitch-Hiker, 1953 (dir. Ida Lupino)
In honor of Noirvember, this week instead of writing about a film directed by a woman, I’m going to point you to a public domain film noir by Ida Lupino from 1953 called The Hitch-Hiker. It’s one of the best films from the era/genre and you can watch it right now:
Movie Quote of the Day – This Gun for Hire,1942 (dir. Frank Tuttle)
Ellen Graham: I hope your friend owes you something.
Philip Raven: I owe him.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Red House, 1947 (dir. Delmer Daves)
Nath Storm: Sometimes it seems the more I know about women the less I know about women.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 1946 (dir. Lewis Milestone)
Walter O’Neil: I wasn’t going to shoot.
Sam Masterson: I wasn’t going to wait and see.
Movie Quote of the Day – Act of Violence, 1948 (dir. Fred Zinnemann)
Pat: So you’re unhappy. Relax. No law says you gotta be happy.
Movie Quote of the Day – T-Men, 1947 (dir. Anthony Mann)
The Schemer: By the way, how did you find me?
Dennis O’Brien: I could smell ya.
Movie Quote of the Day – This Woman is Dangerous, 1952 (dir. Felix E. Feist)
Beth Asutin: You know, I wish I were back in the hospital.
Dr. Ben Halleck: Why?
Beth Asutin: I realize I was happier there, not facing realities.
Movie Quote of The Day – He Walked by Night, 1948 (dir. Alfred L. Werker)
Police Capt. Breen: Anyone else?
Liquor Store Proprietor #1: That looks like him, only a little madder.
Liquor Store Proprietor #2: He had a patch over one eye when he come into my dive, er, place of business.
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