I wish it were as easy as that, but trying to remember a dream is like... How shall I put it? Being out at night in a thunderstorm. There's a flash of lightning, and for one brief moment, everything stands out vivid and starkly.

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You can hear this line at 00:28:58.288 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- When I was a nurse, I came across a lot of things that doctors didn't just dismiss in an airy fashion.

- I believe in Sally's story and in Mr. Craig's dream.

- Good for you, darling.

- Sow we're all powerless in the grip of Craig's dream. That's a solemn thought?

- I think it's awfully exciting.

- Well, if I am a puppet and Mr. Craig is pulling the strings, the least he can do is to tell me a little bit more about the part he's giving me to play.

- I wish it were as easy as that, but trying to remember a dream is like... How shall I put it? Being out at night in a thunderstorm. There's a flash of lightning, and for one brief moment, everything stands out vivid and starkly.

- And what have the lightning flashes illuminated so far?

- One thing is very vivid and very horrible.

- I hit Sally savagely, viciously.

- Oh, no, you won't, I shall stick close to Mr. Grainger. He's bigger than you.

- But, anyway, it isn't consistent.

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Actors: Mervyn Johns (Walter Craig), Frederick Valk (Dr. van Straaten), Michael Redgrave (Maxwell Frere)

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