Phantom Lady (1944)

Alan Curtis: Scott Henderson

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  Scott Henderson : [Carol 'Kansas' Richman listens to a message left on a Dictaphone machine]  Hello, Kansas. Renew my membership to the Architects and Engineers Association and call Mason and Follett, the contractors, and make an appointment with them for tomorrow morning.

  [Carol begins to hang up the Dictaphone's sound tube] 

  Scott Henderson : Uh, uh, uh, don't hang up. You know you're having dinner with me tonight, and tomorrow night, and the next night, and then every night

  [the Dictaphone skips and repeats end of message] 

  Scott Henderson : ... every night... every night... every night.

• Inspector Burgess : [questioning]  You're a very neat dresser, Mr. Henderson.

  Detective - Tom : [taunting]  Yes, everything goes together. It's an art.

  Inspector Burgess : That's a nice tie you're wearing.

  Scott Henderson : [upset]  Tie?

  Detective - Tom : Pretty taste. Expensive. I wish I could afford it.

  Scott Henderson : Say, what are you trying to do to me? Marcella's dead! Gimme a break. What's the difference whether my tie is OK or not?

  Inspector Burgess : It makes a great deal of difference, Mr. Henderson.

  Scott Henderson : Why?

  Inspector Burgess : Your wife was strangled with one of your ties.

  Detective - Chewing Gum : Yeah. Knotted so tight, it had to be cut loose with a knife.

• Carol Richman : [visiting Scott in prison]  Is there anything I can do for you?

  Scott Henderson : Yes, you can thank the foreman. I forgot to.

  Carol Richman : I don't know what to say.

  Scott Henderson : Skip it, Kansas. I'll be all right now that I know where I stand. Yes, I'll be fine. Last night for the first time I didn't have to count sheep. I slept like a guilty man.

• Scott Henderson : Are you going back to Wichita?

  Carol Richman : I... I haven't decided what to do yet.

  Scott Henderson : Well, whoever you work for will be a pretty lucky boss... if you keep your bobby pins off the floor and the seams in your stockings straight. If you don't, he'll fire you.

• Scott Henderson : [to Carol, as he is led back to his prison cell]  Oh, if you feel like a train ride, visit me sometime. I'm getting a new address tomorrow. A big country estate on the Hudson. On a clear day you can see New Jersey.

• Carol Richman : You couldn't kill anybody.

  Scott Henderson : Thanks, Kansas. That makes you a minority of one.