The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) Quotes with Sound Clips

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1946 film noir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, accompanied by short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Martha Ivers), Van Heflin (Sam Masterson), Lizabeth Scott (Antonia "Toni" Marachek), Kirk Douglas (Walter O'Neil)

[Amazon link] #ad

1 I can get a bus back to Ridgeville tomorrow. Maybe I won't get a bus back to Ridgeville. Maybe I'll go someplace else. Maybe in another direction. Chicago or further west, maybe.

— Antonia "Toni" Marachek (Lizabeth Scott)

2 I thought I might improve my mind, while I waited. -Boswell's Life of Johnson? Surely you didn't expect to wait that long? -I was just going to look at the pictures.

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), Sam Masterson (Van Heflin)

3 A sure thing is never a gamble. -No? What odds will you give that that's a fact?

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), Sam Masterson (Van Heflin)

4 All right. Now tell me why you got drunk? -Because I couldn't get up and speak before people.

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas)

5 He's drunk. He's been sitting here drinking all night. -Draw a chalk line and I'll walk it. Or I'll take a mental test, any question, like... what is my object in life?

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas)

6 When did you get drunk? Where did you get drunk? Why did you get drunk?

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck)

7 End of the line, sailor. Come on, wake up. -Where are we? -In a small accident. -What happened? -The road curved, but I didn't.

— Sam Masterson (Van Heflin)

8 You're drunk. -I've had a lot to drink, but I'm not drunk.

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas)

9 I never imagined anyone could die so quickly. I had always supposed that wherever I went she would be with me. That she would never die. But it wasn't like that.

— Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck)

10 I thought it would be nice if I went to the cemetery and laid a wreath of flowers on his grave. However, I never got there. Sentiment overwhelmed me. I stopped off to have a drink to his sainted memory.

— Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas)

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Poll

You are using film sounds: