The World in His Arms (1952)

Hans Conried: Eustace - Hotel Clerk

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• Eustace, Hotel Clerk : [indicating the Portugee]  Er, this gentleman is with your party?

  Jonathan Clark : This gentleman is no gentleman. He's a sea-going thief who makes his living stealing seals from the Russians. He neither bathes, shaves, nor knows the feel of good clean linen. When the moon is bright, he stays out all night and howls like a dog, then curls up and sleeps on the floor till midday. That right, Portugee?

  Portugee : He knows me pretty good.

• Jonathan Clark : Did you find Joe Sweeney down at the city treasurer's office?

  Eustace, Hotel Clerk : No. Unfortunately, no, sir. Mr. Sweeney's being hanged this evening. They checked his accounts and it seems they discovered a slight case of embezzlement.

  Jonathan Clark : Oh, it's too bad. He was a great man with the bottle. There are very few of us left.