The Invisible Man (1933)
William Harrigan: Dr. Arthur Kemp
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Quotes
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The Invisible Man : I hope your car's insured, Kemp. I'm afraid there's going to be a nasty accident in a minute. A very nasty accident!
Dr. Kemp : Griffin, I'll do anything! Everything you ask me!
The Invisible Man : You will? That's fine. Just sit where you are. I'll get out and take the handbrake off and give you a little shove to help you on. You'll run gently down and through the railings, then you'll have a big thrill for a hundred yards or so till you hit a boulder, then you'll do a somersault and probably break your arms, then a grand finish up with a broken neck! Well, goodbye, Kemp. I always said you were a dirty little coward. You're a dirty sneaking little rat as well. Goodbye.
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Dr. Kemp : [hearing the distant clock tower chiming ten and thinking himself alone] 10 o'clock. 10 o'clock, he wanted to murder me!
The Invisible Man : I think this will do nicely, Kemp. We'll stop here. It's 10 o'clock. I came with you to keep my promise.
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Dr. Cranley : Monocane is a terrible drug.
Dr. Kemp : I never heard of it.
Dr. Cranley : You wouldn't, Kemp. It's never used now. I didn't know it was even made. It's a drug that's made from a flower that's grown in India. It draws color from everything it touches. Years ago they tried it for bleaching cloth. They gave it up because it destroyed the material.
Dr. Kemp : That doesn't sound very terrible.
Dr. Cranley : Yes, I know, but it does something else, Kemp. It was tried out on some poor animal - a dog, I believe. It was injected under the skin, and it turned the dog dead white, like a marble statue.
Dr. Kemp : Is that so?
Dr. Cranley : Yes, and it also sent it raving mad.
Dr. Kemp : You surely don't think...
Dr. Cranley : I only pray to God that Griffin hasn't been meddling with this ghastly stuff.
Dr. Kemp : He'd never touch a thing with madness in it.
Dr. Cranley : He might not know. I found that experiment in an old German book, just by chance. The English books only describe the bleaching power. They were printed BEFORE the German experiment.
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Flora Cranley : He was so strange those last few days before he went. So excited and strung up. And yet he wouldn't say a word to explain. I've never seen him like it before. He was always so keen to tell me about his experiments.
Dr. Kemp : He meddled in things men should leave alone.
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The Invisible Man : Are well alone in the house?
Dr. Kemp : Yes.
The Invisible Man : Alright go now. If you raise a finger against me you're a dead man. I'm strong and I'll strangle you.
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Dr. Kemp : Your father's a scientist, Flora. He's discovered more about preserving food than any man living and Jack and I were employed to help him. That's a plain, straightforward job. It's not romantic; but, it saves hundreds of deaths and thousands of stomach aches.
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Dr. Kemp : He cares nothing for you, Flora. He'll never care about anything but test tubes and chemicals.
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Dr. Kemp : Shall I let them in?
The Invisible Man : Yes, of course you must let them in. I shall go and prepare myself in my room. I shall see Flora - alone.
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Dr. Kemp : They'll have a guard.
The Invisible Man : A guard? What can a guard do, you fool?
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Dr. Kemp : Safe? I tell you, he's not human! He can go through anything, prison walls, everything!
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Dr. Cranley : Flora's worried about Griffin.
Dr. Kemp : I don't wonder. I should have thought at least he could drop a line.
Dr. Cranley : It's a queer thing.
