The Beast Must Die (1952)

Laura Hidalgo: Linda Lawson

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Quotes 

• Linda Lawson : What are you implying?

  Carpax : Nothing. That escapade at my house. You and Rafferty were "playing around."

  Linda Lawson : Let me tell you, that wasn't "play." Rafferty was always a beast. He never left me alone, although I was his wife's sister.

• [first lines] 

  Linda Lawson : I believe it is my right to know why Felix is not welcome in this house.

  Jorge Rattery : Because he's a pig! A filthy pig!

  Linda Lawson : You think everyone's a pig, that's no explanation.

• Jorge Rattery : Let her say what she wants. It's her fault for bringing that pig into this house.

  Linda Lawson : You are the only pig here.

  Jorge Rattery : Me? I could get rid of you both with one hand. But I have a better punishment for you.

• Linda Lawson : Whichever one of us poisoned him had reason to kill him.

  Inspector Blount : And you, what was your reason to kill him?

  Linda Lawson : He destroyed the lives of my sister and her son. He chased me like a beast. He made me his...

• Linda Lawson : Felix's name is Frank Carter?

• Linda Lawson : Did I keep you waiting?

  Felix Lane : Not at all. I arrived one hour early.

  Linda Lawson : What?

  Felix Lane : Of course. One waits fifteen minutes for an ordinary woman, thirty for a pretty woman, one hour for a beautiful woman, for you, no less than two hours.

• Linda Lawson : Where is this sea that resembles my eyes?

• Linda Lawson : Felix Lane is too famous to waste his time on a simple actress.

  Felix Lane : Yet it's you - people are staring at.

  Linda Lawson : That's just curiosity. You are famous.

  Felix Lane : A fame I'm not flattered by - based on murders that I didn't commit.

  Linda Lawson : You'd have preferred real ones?

  Felix Lane : Perhaps. I'd like to know how it feels to have killed someone.

• Linda Lawson : I don't like beach resorts. Too many people.

  Felix Lane : The place I have in mind isn't a resort. It's a very quiet place, with amazing cliffs and a sea so beautiful that it's not a sea, it's like your eyes.

  Linda Lawson : Why don't you write poetry?

  Felix Lane : That depends on you.

  Linda Lawson : Don't pretend that you'd write verses just for me.

  Felix Lane : I'm not easily inspired, only by exceptional beauty.

• Felix Lane : Ever since I saw your photograph, I became obsessed about meeting you.

  Linda Lawson : I don't believe you could be so vulgar as to fall for an actress in a photograph.

• Linda Lawson : Let's stop pretending. When will you declare your feelings?

  Felix Lane : I - to tell you the truth, I was waiting for the coffee.

• Linda Lawson : He's a beast who respects nobody.

• Linda Lawson : Stupid? Who do you think I am, any old hussy?

• Linda Lawson : [slapped by Felix]  You brute! Let me go! Let me go! You beast! You beast! Beast!

  [kiss] 

  Linda Lawson : Don't feel badly of me.

  Felix Lane : I'm the one who should apologize.

  Linda Lawson : You must think I'm a floozy, but I'm not. I swear I'm not! I drank too much. Sometimes I have to numb myself.

• Linda Lawson : My bearded cat plays with teddies. How funny.

• Linda Lawson : He's grouchy like a cat. A naughty cat. Now he's Felix the Cat!

• Jorge Rattery : Still angry with me? Are you that fierce with your Cat?

  Linda Lawson : He's not a dirty beast.

  Jorge Rattery : And I am? You are unfair. If I were a beast, I'd be bitter about last night.

• Jorge Rattery : You are so evil!

  Linda Lawson : Let me go!

  Jorge Rattery : Not me. You prefer that midget you brought to make me jealous.

  Linda Lawson : Let me go, I tell you! You filthy brute!