The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)

Lee Patrick: Susan

Quotes 

• Gilbert Archer : Any calls?

  Susan : Yes. A flood of them. Including one from that gushy oil senator.

  Gilbert Archer : Oh, that guy. If he calls back, tell him I fell...

  Susan : ...fell down an elevator shaft. We've used that one too often. I'd much prefer you were hit by a Fifth Avenue bus.

  Gilbert Archer : Well, if it'll make you happy, I was hit by a Fifth Avenue bus.

• Gilbert Archer : Who's the, uh, flabby-looking floorwalker waiting outside? I thought you knew better than to let characters like that hang around the office.

  Susan : He said it was personal, urgent and confidential. And although he's a screwball there's something convincing about him. I thought you'd better see if or I wouldn't have allowed him to stay.

• Gilbert Archer : [Excited about her discoveries]  Susan, you should be with Sappho, Molly Pitcher and Cleopatra!

  Susan : Hey, they're all dead!

• Gilbert Archer : What's all this? Your life's history?

  Susan : No, Mr. Archer. It's the synopsis of the Book of Joshua.

  Gilbert Archer : It's what?

  Susan : A synopsis of the Book of Joshua. You told me to make it, remember?

  Gilbert Archer : Have you lost your mind?

  Susan : You keep telling me to do what I"m told without arguing about it. Alright, I've done just that. Here you are and I don't care what you do with it.

  Gilbert Archer : I'll enter it in the congressional record

  Susan : "No more arguments, Susan. Orders is orders."

  Gilbert Archer : That's fine, smarty. Now go run your head under a tap.