- 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.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Strange Love of Martha Ivers movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:54:41.861 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I want a routine check on a Samuel Masterson, non-resident registered Gable Hotel.
- Miss St. John, close the door!
- I want a routine check of all garages. One of them has his car. Stay here, please.
- I want a check up on all local banks.
- Get that private detective McCarthy, and tell him to come right over.
- 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.
- I found your message when I got back to the hotel.
- I figured you wouldn't mind if I came in person.
- Why?
- You impressed me this morning as a man who would bet on anything.
- Almost anything, depending on the odds.
- I'll bet you'd like to hear the story of my life.
- Let's see, you left here September 27, 1928. We'll start from there.
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Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Martha Ivers), Van Heflin (Sam Masterson), Lizabeth Scott (Antonia "Toni" Marachek), Kirk Douglas (Walter O'Neil)
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