- Well, for one thing, he drinks.
- Mmm-hmm. To excess?
- To excess? Well, don't you call it excess when a man never lets a day go by without stepping into some cheap tavern, bringing home a lot of riffraff, people you never heard of?

— Veta Louise Simmons (Josephine Hull)

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16 seconds sound clip from the Harvey (1950) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:29.635 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Myrtle Mae and I came back from Des Moines to live with Elwood.

- I could see that he... That he...

- That he what?

- Now take your time. Don't strain. Just let it come. I'll wait for it.

- Doctor, everything I say to you is confidential, isn't it?

- I am not a gossip, Mrs. Simmons. I am a psychiatrist.

- Of course.

- Well, for one thing, he drinks.

- Mmm-hmm. To excess?

- To excess? Well, don't you call it excess when a man never lets a day go by without stepping into some cheap tavern, bringing home a lot of riffraff, people you never heard of?

- If you don't call that excess, Doctor, I'm sure I don't know what excess is.

- I didn't doubt your statement, Mrs. Simmons.

- I merely wanted to know if your brother drinks.

- Well, yes, I say definitely, Elwood drinks.

- And I want him committed out here permanently because I cannot stand another day of that Harvey!

[...]

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