Singapore Woman (1941)
David Bruce: David Ritchie
Quotes
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David Ritchie : What are you drinking?
Vicki Moore : Gin.
David Ritchie : Two gins.
Waiter at Crow's Nest : Two gins.
David Ritchie : How 'bout some food?
Vicki Moore : No. Food makes me sick.
David Ritchie : What does the gin do?
Vicki Moore : Makes me sit here and want more gin.
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David Ritchie : It's restful here, isn't it. Peace and quiet. It's good for the nerves.
Vicki Moore : Peace and quiet. That's what you get after you're dead, isn't it?
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David Ritchie : Pretty picture, isn't it. The only feeling you could arouse in a man is pity.
Vicki Moore : Pity? You pity me? You with your smug cautious little soul. What do people like you know about me? I've lived more in a day than you'll ever dare to live. You pity me. That's very funny. Because I've never had any use for men like you.
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Vicki Moore : So, you know who I am.
David Ritchie : I told you last night.
Vicki Moore : I never remember last nights.
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Vicki Moore : So, you're Mr. Ritchie.
David Ritchie : My friends call me David.
Vicki Moore : Well, I'm not your friend.
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David Ritchie : Now, will you come out to breakfast peacefully or - do I have to get tough.
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Vicki Moore : Up and up and up and higher and higher right to the final crash. I don't suppose you know what I'm talking about.
David Ritchie : Yes, I think I do. But you haven't been going up and up. You've been going down and down.
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Claire Weston : Are you surprised?
David Ritchie : Oh, you could knock me over with a...
Claire Weston : Oh, if you say feather, I'll scream.
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Jim North : They need that rubber in the States.
David Ritchie : And I'm just the little fella to give it to them.
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Jim North : I'm glad to see you. What are you doing out in town in a noonday sun?
David Ritchie : Oh, chasing mad dogs and Englishmen.
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David Ritchie : I forgot to tell you, I won't be home for dinner.
Suwa : Oh? Then I give it to monkeys outside.
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David Ritchie : I've got to tell you something.
Vicki Moore : What?
David Ritchie : Well, last night, when I held you in my arms and said all those things to you...
Vicki Moore : They were beautiful things.
David Ritchie : I didn't mean them.
Vicki Moore : Well, they were, whether you meant them or not.
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[last lines]
David Ritchie : Duck!
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David Ritchie : There ought to be a law against women like that.