Daddy Long Legs (1955)

Fred Clark: Griggs

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• Jervis Pendleton III : Griggs?

  Griggs : Yes?

  Jervis Pendleton III : Have I been rude to you?

  Griggs : Most.

  Jervis Pendleton III : Forgive me. You're utterly charming. You're a little fat boy with wings and a bow and arrow, and I'm very fond of you. Mmm. You're a dandy.

• Jervis Pendleton III : Now, if you don't mind, flip that record.

  Griggs : I beg your pardon?

  Jervis Pendleton III : Flip it. Turn it, you know, over.

  Griggs : No, look, the secretary must have your answer. The mission leaves tomorrow night from Idyllwild Airport. The seriousness of the problem...

  Jervis Pendleton III : I thoroughly understand the seriousness of the French economic situation. Vital lag in industrial production, coal mining output can be stepped up, electric kilowatt hour consumption not up to its potential. Even the agricultural program, of which France has always been the European leader, can be increased. Now, flip that record.

• Griggs : Ah, Jervis, it's beyond my understanding how a man who holds the controlling interest in 34 separate corporations can sit all by himself wasting his time beating these silly tom-toms!

  Jervis Pendleton III : All by myself? Listen, I have one of the finest record collections in the country. I play with the very best bands.

• Griggs : All in all, Miss Andre has a lot to thank you for and she's very devoted to you. She calls you her "Dear Daddy Longlegs."

  Jervis Pendleton III : "Dear Daddy What-legs?"

  Griggs : Well, it has something to do with your shadow crawling on the wall - or a spider...

• Griggs : Last Christmas, you sent her a nice present.

  Jervis Pendleton III : I did? What?

  Griggs : Three pairs of... silk pajamas.

  Jervis Pendleton III : Griggs!

  Griggs : All right. Miss Pritchard selected them.

• Griggs : If I'd offered you a drink 25 years ago, you'd have slapped my face.

  Alicia Pritchard : How do you know? You never asked me.

• Griggs : A trust fund is being established. And from that she'll be given a sensible income each month. She'll have security for the rest of her life.

  Alicia Pritchard : Security? I have security, and believe me, it's nothing. You have security, and a duller life nobody ever led.