King of the Underworld (1939)

Kay Francis: Carole Nelson

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Quotes 

• Joe Gurney : [after receiving care for a gunshot wound]  Well, can I take it or can I take it?

  Dr. Carole Nelson : You can take it. Some people aren't sensitive to pain, especially moronic types.

  Joe Gurney : Hey, did you hear that, Slick? I'm a moronic type.

  Slick : Yeah? Hey, what's that?

  Joe Gurney : I don't know. Some type of medical name, ain't it doc?

• Dr. Carole Nelson : [sticking thermometer in Gurney's mouth]  Keep your mouth shut.

  Joe Gurney : Hey, d'ya hear that? That's a hot one. First time anybody ever told me to keep my mouth shut and got away with it.

  Dr. Carole Nelson : I suppose that's something to boast about.

  Joe Gurney : You bet it is! Hey Doc... anybody ever tell you that you're a pretty good lookin' doll? Ah, I'm not kiddin'. Y'know, I don't go for dolls as a rule. I mean, they're just something nice to have around the house like cats and dogs and pets and things. You got brains.

  Dr. Carole Nelson : Yeah, I'm different.

  Joe Gurney : Sure, we could get along swell together if you'd just relax.

• Dr. Carole Nelson : I still have two weeks to convince the medical board that I'm innocent, and until that time I'm a licensed doctor!

  Dr. Sanders : [Self-righteously]  But, you have no call to start up in a respectable town like this. If the sheriff did his duty, you'd be locked up in a cell!

  Dr. Carole Nelson : If the state did its duty, YOU'd be locked up in a cell - a padded cell!

  [the sheriff explodes in laughter] 

• Aunt Josephine : You're putting your head right in the lion's mouth.

  Dr. Carole Nelson : That's what I've got to do.