Harper (1966)

Pamela Tiffin: Miranda Sampson

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• Miranda Sampson : Why so fast, Harper? You trying to impress me?

  Lew Harper : You got a way of starting conversations that ends conversation.

  Miranda Sampson : Why is your wife divorcing you?

  Lew Harper : You got a way of starting conversations that ends conversation.

• Miranda Sampson : What do you do this kind of crummy work for, anyway?

  Lew Harper : What, are you trying to be funny? I do it because I believe in the United Nations and Southeast Asia, and - you think it's funny if your life depends on what goes through the Panama Canal? What about the English pound? I'll tell you something - as long as there's a Siberia, you'll find Lew Harper on the job.

  Miranda Sampson : Are you putting me on?

  Lew Harper : Jeez, I don't think so.

• Miranda Sampson : Don't you ever feel the need to relax? Let's relax some, Harper.

  Lew Harper : For what? So the beauty in the next room is gonna get all hot and bothered? Lady, if you can't get him hot and bothered by yourself, I sure ain't gonna do it for you.

  Miranda Sampson : Don't you think I'm attractive?

  Lew Harper : You're young, rich, and beautiful, and my wife is divorcing me. What do you think I think?

• Miranda Sampson : My stepmother, Lady Macbeth, is always going to extremes.

  Lew Harper : Meaning me, Miss Sampson? I'm a very moderate-type fellow.

  Miranda Sampson : Not you, especially. *Everything* she does is extreme. Other women fall off horses without getting paralyzed. Not Elaine. I think it's psychological, don't you

  Allan Taggert, Sampson's Pilot : You've been reading too many books.

  Miranda Sampson : That's something they'll never accuse *you* of. She's not a raving beauty anymore.

  Lew Harper : [disinterested]  Can I have a sandwich?

  Miranda Sampson : Yes. So she retired from competition. Falling off the horse gave her the chance to do it. For all I know, she did it intentionally. And you've got to admit, it's pretty extreme, hiring a private detective when your husband's been gone just one night.

• Miranda Sampson : Well, what's *your* big deficiency?

  Lew Harper : I have none - I'm a bloody saint.

  Miranda Sampson : Yeah, what about that woman last night at the restaurant?

  Lew Harper : What could be more saintly? Just feeding booze to an alcoholic to get information... all part of the job.

• Miranda Sampson : [as they're driving up a winding, mountain dirt road]  Well, when I'm bored, I drive fast. I pretend I'm on my way to meet something utterly new, all naked and bright. I've gone 105 along here.

  Lew Harper : Oh, what are you trying to do, impress me?

  Miranda Sampson : Well, why don't you stand on it, old man? You're just as stuffy as Albert. The same Victorian hang-up. You probably still think a woman's place is in the home.

  Lew Harper : Not in *my* home.

• Miranda Sampson : You have such and advantage in emotional scenes, Elaine - being frigid.

  Elaine Sampson : Puss, puss, puss. Did Alan brush you off again?

  Miranda Sampson : You simpy, primping, narcissistic... .

  Elaine Sampson : Either I'm a narcissist or I'm frigid pussy. I can't very well be both.

  Lew Harper : [clears throath]  Excuse me, ladies.

  [walks away]