The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Sam Levene: Lieutenant Brent

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• [last lines] 

  Peter Ames : We'll go to South America, for six months - maybe we'll never come back!

  Melsa Manton : Can you afford it?

  Peter Ames : No, but you can.

  Melsa Manton : Isn't there a drop of red blood in your veins? I want to live on *your* income!

  Peter Ames : That's foolish, who's going to live on yours?

  [they kiss passionately] 

  Lieutenant Brent : Sullivan, my bicarb tablets.

  Sullivan : Will you quit crawling up on me.

• Lieutenant Brent : Miss Manton, I don't know what your game is but I know this - either your education or your spankin's been neglected. Now I can't do anything about spankin' ya, or can I?

• Lieutenant Brent : Look, lady, it's been 10 minutes since you called us. The murderer, that is if there is a murderer, could be in Brooklyn by now - that is, if anybody *wants* to be in in Brooklyn.

• Lieutenant Brent : Everybody suspects you of holding out, even I do.

  Melsa Manton : Oh, I bet you say that to all the girls.

• Peter Ames : [Referring to Melsa]  Isn't she wonderful? That's the girl I'm going to marry.

  Lieutenant Brent : I'll take Snow White!

• Lieutenant Brent : [Talking about Melsa]  She's probably the kind of dame who would come back to haunt me. Otherwise, I'd shoot to kill.

• Lieutenant Brent : Round up that bag of dames that run around with Manton and bring them down to headquarters. Drag 'em out of bed if you have to!

  Sullivan : Are you kidding? I hope I have to!