Miriam Hopkins movie quotes

“- Dr. Austin Sloper: How is it possible to protect such a willing victim?
- Lavinia Penniman: You will kill her if you deny her this marriage.
- Dr. Austin Sloper: You forget I'm a doctor. People don't die of such things.”

Ralph David Richardson - Dr. Austin Sloper
Miriam Hopkins - Lavinia Penniman

“- Lavinia Penniman: Can you be so cruel?
- Catherine Sloper: Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Miriam Hopkins - Lavinia Penniman
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland - Catherine Sloper

“- Gaston Monescu: What did she want?
- Lily: You. And she's willing to pay as high as 50 francs.”
Herbert Marshall - Gaston Monescu
Miriam Hopkins - Lily

“You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don't become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos.”

Miriam Hopkins - Lily

“- Lily: Mother is dead.
- Madame Mariette Colet: Yes, that's the trouble with mothers. First you get to like them, and then they die.”
Miriam Hopkins - Lily
Kay Francis - Madame Mariette Colet

“I'll leave you alone with that lady. But if you behave like a gentleman, I'll break your neck.”

Miriam Hopkins - Lily