Shock Corridor (1963)

Larry Tucker: Pagliacci

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• Pagliacci : Life is a messy weapon.

• Pagliacci : [Feeding John numerous pieces of gum]  Come on, John. Chew, chew, chew!... See, if you chew, your jaw muscles, they get tired, see? And then the other muscles, they get the message, and they get tired too, see? And before you know it, you're sleeping. And, when we're asleep, nobody can tell a sane man from an insane man, huh?

  Pagliacci : [Chuckles]  Good night, Mr. Barret.

  Johnny Barrett : Good night, Mr. Pagliacci.

• Pagliacci : I didn't want my wife to die like Sloan. So I gently sang her to death... Good night, Mr. Barret.

• Pagliacci : You know why so many people came to my funeral? They wanted to make sure I was dead.

• Pagliacci : [John has just let out an ear-piercing scream]  That was *such* a sour note, John.

  Pagliacci : [Chuckling]  You were *way* off key!