Nightfall (1956)

Anne Bancroft: Marie Gardner

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• Marie Gardner : Yesterday, my biggest problem was how I was going to break a date with a fellow I know for tonight. Of course I could call him up and tell him I can't make it. I'm on my way to Wyoming in a pair of field boots, with a man that's wanted for murder.

  James Vanning : If I left you here, they'd find you in no time.

  Marie Gardner : Even if they didn't, I'd still want to go with you.

  [snuggling] 

  Marie Gardner : You're the most wanted man I know.

• Marie Gardner : Marie says "Look for me at Robinson's". A prophetic reference to her role in "The Graduate".

• Marie Gardner : [after they glance at each other a couple of times]  What would you think if I asked you to loan me five dollars?

  Marie Gardner : [after some silence he smiles and picks up his drink]  That's what I thought.

  James Vanning : What makes you think I've got five?

  Marie Gardner : You smell like you just came from a barber shop. A man doesn't go to the barber shop when he's down and out.

• James Vanning : Guys have probably been swarming around you since your second teeth came through. Maybe you're disillusioned. I don't know, but I don't think to point where you're ready to throw all men aside.

  [after a pause] 

  James Vanning : Do I hear a click?

  Marie Gardner : Yes.

  James Vanning : I'd like to skip all the jockeying around. It saves a lot of grief later on.

  Marie Gardner : What makes you think there's going to be a later on?

• Marie Gardner : What time is it?

  James Vanning : Early.

  Marie Gardner : I have an eight o'clock sitting and a twelve o'clock fashion show.

  James Vanning : You're a model?

  Marie Gardner : How do you think I pay the rent?

  James Vanning : Oh, well, I should have figured your being a model. I mean, believe it or not, I'm an artist.

  [He chuckles] 

  Marie Gardner : Soup cans or sunsets?

  James Vanning : Soup cans, toothpaste, automobiles, and girls once in a while.

• Marie Gardner : Things that really happen are always difficult to explain.

• Marie Gardner : You're actually smiling. Back there at the bar you acted as if you had some big trouble on your shoulders.

  James Vanning : They come and they go.

  Marie Gardner : Troubles?

  James Vanning : Smiles.