Bad for Each Other (1953)

Mildred Dunnock: Mrs. Mary Owen

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• Dr. Tom Owen : [Showing her his new doctor's office]  What do you think?

  Mrs. Mary Owen : I was in an office like this once before. Floyd's. It ruined him.

  Dr. Tom Owen : What ruined Floyd was that he forgot he came out of a hole in the ground. He wanted a social career. I want only one thing. Money. Look, Mom. I've got a chance at a jackpot. A lot of people with a lot of money think I'm a colorful character. Because I have the right sponsorship, they think I'm more than average.

  Mrs. Mary Owen : You are more than average.

  Dr. Tom Owen : Well, I'm not. But by the time they find that out I'll have the security I want, then it won't matter.

  Mrs. Mary Owen : You don't mean that. You're just saying it.

  Dr. Tom Owen : How do you know what I mean?

  Mrs. Mary Owen : I'm your mother.

• Dr. Tom Owen : [Looking around his old home]  It feels like I've been gone about two days.

  Mrs. Mary Owen : Ten years! I can't believe it. All the places you've been and all the things you've done. You look bigger.

  Dr. Tom Owen : [laughs]  It's the uniform.

  [Looking at his hands] 

  Dr. Tom Owen : Look, no coal dirt under the fingernails. Pop's scrubbing brush and you're laundry soap finally paid off. Clean.

  Mrs. Mary Owen : They're good hands. You're a good doctor.

• Mrs. Mary Owen : When you were a little boy, when you first said to me you wanted to be a doctor, I was so happy. I thought a doctor's like a priest. My Tom will be a doctor. He'll be able to help people.