Experiment Perilous (1944)

Albert Dekker: Clag (Claghorn)

Quotes 

• Clag : He looks into the eyes of a beautiful woman and the only thing he sees is an inflamed cornea.

• Clag : Well, you've seen the portrait and the model. Is it a speaking likeness?

  Dr. Huntington Bailey : No, I don't think it is. If I were painting her, I'd do it quite differently.

  Nick Bederaux : How would you paint her?

  Dr. Huntington Bailey : Well, it wouldn't be a sullen face or a woman dressed up behind a tea tray. I'd paint her full length for one thing. In a country field with a sky behind. Long grasses till her knees. The wind blowing across the field - and the daisies too.

  Clag : Well, well, daisies too. Quite an effect. I take back what I said about you never really looking into a woman's eyes. We may make an artist of you yet.

• Clag : Hunt, shine my halo! I did get you here.

• Dr. Huntington Bailey : I don't like that house. Something strange about all of them. Wish you hadn't insisted on bringing me there.

  Clag : It was an interesting experiment.

  Dr. Huntington Bailey : Ah, experiment perilous.

• Dr. Huntington Bailey : I hope your experiment worked.

  Clag : Yes, my friend I'm afraid it did.

  Dr. Huntington Bailey : I suppose you think I'm one of your group, in love with her.

  Clag : Of course not. Pleasant dreams.