The Killing (1956)

Marie Windsor: Sherry Peatty

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• Sherry Peatty : It isn't fair. I never had anybody but you. Not a real husband. Not even a man. Just a bad joke without a punch line.

• Johnny Clay : Alright sister, that's a mighty pretty head you got on your shoulders. You want to keep it there or start carrying it around in your hands?

  Sherry Peatty : Maybe we could compromise and put it on your shoulder. I think that'd be nice, don't you?

• Sherry Peatty : After all, if people didn't have headaches, what would happen to the aspirin industry anyway?

• George Peatty : Tell me something, will you, Sherry. Just tell me one thing. Why did you ever marry me, anyway?

  Sherry Peatty : Oh, George, when a man has to ask his wife that; well, he just hadn't better, that's all.

• George Peatty : This couple, sittin' just in front of me, oh, they weren't young, exactly. I guess the woman was about your age.

  Sherry Peatty : A little senile, you mean? With one foot and a big toe in the grave?

  George Peatty : You want to hear this or not? Do you or not, Sherry?

  Sherry Peatty : I can't wait. Go ahead and thrill me George.

• George Peatty : It would make a difference, wouldn't it. If I had money, I mean.

  Sherry Peatty : How would you define money, George? Now, if you're thinkin' of givin' me your collection of Roosevelt dimes...

  George Peatty : I mean big money. Hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  Sherry Peatty : You really don't feel well, do you? Are you sure that pain's in your stomach?

  George Peatty : I'm gonna have it, Sherry. Hundreds of thousands. Maybe a half a million.

  Sherry Peatty : Of course you are, Darling. Did you put the right address on the envelope when you sent it to the North Pole?

• Johnny Clay : You'll have money. Plenty of money. George will have and he'll blow it all on you, probably buy himself a five cent cigar.

  Sherry Peatty : You don't know me very well, Johnny. I wouldn't think of letting George throw his money away on cigars.

• George Peatty : I'm sick, Sherry. I - call an ambulance.

  Sherry Peatty : The doors behind you. Take a cab!

• Johnny Clay : You admit it. You admit you were out there snooping.

  Sherry Peatty : Yes, wasn't that naughty of me?

• George Peatty : I've been kinda sick today. I keep gettin' pains in my stomach.

  Sherry Peatty : Maybe you got a hole in it, George. Do you suppose you have?

  George Peatty : A hole in it? How would I get a hole in my stomach?

  Sherry Peatty : How would you get one in your head? Fix me a drink, George. I think I'm developing some pains myself.

  George Peatty : Sherry, can't I ever say anything at all without you jokin' me about it?

  Sherry Peatty : Hurry up with that drink, George. The pains are gettin' worse.

• George Peatty : I saw somethin' kinda nice comin' home on the train tonight. Somethin', well, eh, kinda sweet.

  Sherry Peatty : A candy bar, George?

  George Peatty : No, not a candy bar, Donut.

• Sherry Peatty : You want me to call you Papa, isn't that it George? And you want to call me Mama.

  George Peatty : You know all the answers.

  Sherry Peatty : Go right ahead. Of course, it may be the last word you ever say; but, I'll try to kill you as painless as possible.

• Sherry Peatty : George may be a fool, but, he's not a liar.

• Sherry Peatty : He says the job's all set up and it's gonna be done. And if I just sit tight, I'd be up to my curls in cash, just like that.

• Sherry Peatty : You don't understand me Johnny. You don't know me very well.

  Johnny Clay : I know you like a book. You're a no good, nosy little tramp. You'd sell out your own mother for a piece of fudge; but, you're smart along with it. Smart enough to know when to sail and when to sit tight and you know you better sit tight in this case.

  Sherry Peatty : I do?

  Johnny Clay : You heard me. You like money. You got great big dollar sign there, where most women have a heart.

• Val Cannon : Look, Mrs. Peatty, what I do is my own business. I never tried to pin you down, did I? I never asked you how you got your kicks before you met me, did I?

  Sherry Peatty : You didn't used to talk to me like that.

  Val Cannon : I'm sorry, baby. But, don't bug me. I gotta live my life a certain way. I can't stand it when the walls start closin' in.

• Val Cannon : Don't be greedy.

  Sherry Peatty : I'm not greedy! Val, I'm in love with you and if that's being greedy, then, I'm the biggest glutton that ever walked the earth.

  Val Cannon : Don't make it sounds so ominous. It sounds like you're gonna eat me alive.

  Sherry Peatty : I may just do that.

• Sherry Peatty : Darling, what are the two things in life you're most interested in?

  Val Cannon : What?

  Sherry Peatty : Money and women?

  Val Cannon : That's a nice way to put me down.

  Sherry Peatty : That sums it up, doesn't it?

• Sherry Peatty : We're gonna have money, Val. More money than we ever dreamed of. Maybe millions!

  Val Cannon : Oh yeah, how?

  Sherry Peatty : George, that's how! He stumbled on to somethin' big.

  Val Cannon : That meatball?

  Sherry Peatty : That meatball with gravy, Val.