The Women in His Life (1933)

Otto Kruger: Kent 'Barry' Barringer

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Quotes 

• Kent Barringer : In a case like yours, an ounce of showmanship is worth a ton of evidence.

• Molly : Just a minute. 400. 800. 11. 15. 23. 24. 2,400! You can't beat me.

  Kent Barringer : [returns part of Molly's drooping dress back over her shoulder]  You care to bet?

  Molly : Sure, I'll bet.

  Kent Barringer : For the stakes we discussed?

  Molly : [hesitates]  All right, Barry. Sure! After all, why not?

  Kent Barringer : Bet?

  Molly : A bet!

• Molly : That didn't take long?

  Kent Barringer : I never waste time.

• Kent Barringer : Well?

  Molly : Well?

  Kent Barringer : Where do we go from here?

  Molly : You won, didn't you?

  Kent Barringer : Sure you don't want to welsh?

  Molly : Do you?

• Jury Foreman : Not Guilty.

  Client : Thank God. Thank God! Thank God.

  Kent Barringer : Don't thank him. Thank me. He knows your guilty.

• Molly : Don't shake! This is frightfully important. We're betting.

  Pinball Spectator : Is it a private bet or can anyone get in?

  Kent Barringer : Very private. Isn't it Molly?

• Pinball Spectator : What was the bet, Molly?

  Kent Barringer : On advice of Counsel, she refuses to answer.

• Kent Barringer : I thought we ought to understand each other.

  Catherine : Oh, I understand you much too well. I'm taking half a loaf because I know its all I'll ever get. You didn't suspect me of wanting more, did you Barry?

  Kent Barringer : I think its a safe rule to assume that the woman always wants all she can get.

• Kent Barringer : We'll drink to Florida - and nights of tropic love.

  Catherine : I see!

• Kent Barringer : Love is an illusion.

  Catherine : So I guess. All done with mirrors.

  Kent Barringer : Have another drink.

• Catherine : Oh, just one peek at her, please Barry.

  Kent Barringer : Nothing doing. I've got to write out her instructions: How to Dodge the Electric Chair in Six Easy Lessons.

  Catherine : You better let me see. It might come in handy. You know, someday I might get desperate and blow your brains out.

  Kent Barringer : Always at your service, my sweet.

• Kent Barringer : If your father blows a woman's brains out, its a little irritating.

• Kent Barringer : I'm not going to put you on the stand.

  Mrs.Florence Steele : Why? I'm not afraid.

  Kent Barringer : Well, I am. In cross-examination you'd snap like that.

  Mrs.Florence Steele : I don't think so.

  Kent Barringer : You wouldn't want the D.A. to question you about your, shall we say, slightly purple past, would you?

• Kent Barringer : Did you ever read, "Weir of Hermiston"?

  Mrs.Florence Steele : No, but I read, "Beware of Blondes".

• Kent Barringer : Who'd you think she was?

  Doris Worthing : Why she's the image of Madame Celeste who runs a lingerie shop in Times Square.

• Roger McKane : What's on your mind, Chief?

  Kent Barringer : Nice ankles, that girl's got.

• Catherine : What was she like?

  Kent Barringer : [stands up and aggressively kisses Catherine]  She was like you, darling. A charming, cheating little chiseler.

• Roger McKane : See her now, Chief. This girl's a tremendous admirer of yours. She's pinning everything on your taking her case personally.

  Kent Barringer : My dear impetuous young man, this young lady is also a tremendous admirer of mine and is pinning everything on my personally handling her case. Good-bye.

  [leaves with Catherine] 

• Kent Barringer : I wish I could sneak out before they know I'm back. Anyone waiting?

  Miss 'Simmy' Simmons : Counting the telephone numbers from women who wouldn't leave their names, about 200.

• Kent Barringer : You're a good soul, Simmy.

  Miss 'Simmy' Simmons : To any woman under 40, that's almost an insult.

• Kent Barringer : Come over here. Come on, come on, I won't eat you.

• Lester : You all right, Chief? You want me to take you back to the office? Maybe you'd better...

  Kent Barringer : No, no. I'm all right, Lester. I'm not drunk.

  Lester : You look as though you'd seen a ghost.

  Kent Barringer : Just that.

• Kent Barringer : You do as I tell ya, you'll be all right. But, you lay off that ant paste.

• Tony Perez : You don't trust anybody, do you?

  Kent Barringer : Not even myself.