Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Verna Felton: Mrs. Ballew

Quotes 

• Mrs. Emma Ballew : After all, if anything dreadful is going on upstairs, it's our duty to do something about it.

  Mr. Ballew : [Preoccupied with his stamp collection]  Don't be a peeping pansy. Leave 'em alone.

  Mrs. Emma Ballew : I think we should call the house detective.

  Mr. Ballew : Huh. That one! He couldn't detect a monk in a convent!

  Mrs. Emma Ballew : Well, heaven only knows what's going on right across the way.

• [first lines] 

  Mrs. Emma Ballew : After all, we guests who live here from year to year, we deserve a little consideration, too.

• Mrs. Emma Ballew : This hotel is getting rundown. And the food isn't what it was 10 years ago, either.

  [leaves the front desk] 

  Desk Clerk : [after Mrs. Ballew has departed]  Are you?