Woman on the Run (1950)

Ann Sheridan: Eleanor Johnson

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Quotes 

• Inspector Ferris : Don't you eat anything but dog food?

  Eleanor Johnson : He's not particular, and I'm lazy, so we eat out.

• Eleanor Johnson : [concerned about her husband's heart condition, which she knew nothing about]  Is his heart really that bad, doctor?

  Dr. Hohler : Frank's condition isn't any worse than tons of men that strain their hearts running in track meets in the misguided belief that they were building up their bodies.

• Eleanor Johnson : [in the dark shadows of a roller coaster on the deserted beach at night]  I don't like this place.

  Dan Legget : It's a good spot. I used to come here with my girl when I was a kid. It's more frightening than romantic. It's the way love is when you're young... life is when you're older.

• Dr. Hohler : For the past year your husband has had hypertension that complicates matters.

  Eleanor Johnson : Hypertension? What causes that?

  Dr. Hohler : Well, I'm not sure. My guess is overwork, unhappiness, anxiety. But you know more about it than I do.

  Eleanor Johnson : Why should I?

  Dr. Hohler : But naturally, you must know about his troubles. I'm only his doctor,

  Eleanor Johnson : Oh, yes, I'm that bitter, selfish, vicious wife. The cause of his unhappiness. The cause of his failure. Is that what he told you? Is that what he tells everyone?

  Dr. Hohler : Frank didn't discuss his private life with me, nor do I care to hear it from you. I shall explain his condition to you, and that's all.

• Blonde : [drunk and sitting on a bar stool]  Say, why don't you wear a hat?

  Eleanor Johnson : I look funny in a hat.

  Blonde : You know... you're right.

• Dan Legget : Where's your husband, Mrs. Johnson?

  Eleanor Johnson : I don't know.

  Dan Legget : Did he see the killer?

  Eleanor Johnson : I don't know.

  Dan Legget : Shall we dance?

  Eleanor Johnson : Why don't you drop dead?

• Eleanor Johnson : Why don't you get lost?

  Dan Legget : Now then, how 'bout the story?

  Eleanor Johnson : You'll get the story from my husband when he's safe and sound in jail.

• Dan Legget : Oh, um, I've got a deal for you. You find your husband with my help, give me an exclusive for 24 hours, and I get my paper to pay you for it.

  Eleanor Johnson : Trying to buy me so soon?

  Dan Legget : First, I'm gonna to try to buy you. And if I can't, I'm gonna try to win you.

  Eleanor Johnson : Isn't that the reverse of the usual procedure?

  Dan Legget : I'm a perverse fellow. On second thought, Mrs. J., I find you very attractive. I may try and win you right off.

  Eleanor Johnson : No thanks. I'd rather be bought.

  Dan Legget : Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, very mercenary. All to the good, though. I like mercenary women.

• Dan Legget : Why did you come here, Mrs. Johnson? Or shouldn't I ask?

  Eleanor Johnson : Because I like it here.

  Dan Legget : You didn't by any chance come here to meet, say, your husband, did you? Or is that a far-fetched supposition? Supposition? I'd better stop using those four-syllable words: I won't be working for 'The Graphic' anymore

  [referring to the tabloid newspaper he says he writes for] 

  Dan Legget : .

• Detective Shaw : Every man between the ages of 35 and 40 who is out tonight is wearing a trenchcoat and a snap-brim felt - all of them five foot eleven, weighing a hundred and seventy, and all of 'em scared to answer questions.

  Eleanor Johnson : The domestic situtation in this town must be terrible.