The Woman in the Window Quotes

Streetwalker Pardon me. Will you give me a light?

Richard Wanley No. Oh, no. Thank you indeed. Not for a million dollars.

Taglines It was the look in her eyes that made him think of murder.

Dr. Michael Barkstane We've decided she's our dream girl just from that picture.

Heidt I don't want to make trouble for anybody. I can, of course, but I don't want to.

Richard Wanley The flesh is still strong, but the spirit grows weaker by the hour. You know, even if the spirit of adventure should rise up before me and beckon, even in the form of that alluring young woman in the window next door, I'm afraid that all I'll do is clutch my coat a little tighter, mutter something idiotic and run like the devil.

Dr. Michael Barkstane Not before you got her number, I hope?

Richard Wanley Probably.

Alice Reed Well, there are two general reactions. One is a kind of solemn stare for the painting.

Richard Wanley And the other?

Alice Reed The other is a long, low whistle.

Richard Wanley What was mine?

Alice Reed I'm not sure. But I suspect that in another moment or two you might have given a long, low, solemn whistle.

Richard Wanley Is it yours?

Alice Reed No. I wish it were. Then I wouldn't have to come over here every so often to watch people's faces.

Richard Wanley Is that what you do?

Alice Reed Now and then, when I'm lonely.

Frank Lalor In the District Attorney's office we see what happens to middle-aged men who try acting like colts.

Taglines The screen's supreme adventure in suspense!

Richard Wanley Well, what do you think?

Frank Lalor The woman?

Richard Wanley You think she's the one?

Frank Lalor I don't know. She's got something on her conscience, but what woman hasn't?

Claude Mazard Who are you?

Richard Wanley My name is...

Alice Reed Frank! Frank, darling, listen to me!

Claude Mazard I told you if you ever-

Richard Wanley Stop that you fool!

Claude Mazard Fool, eh?

Alice Reed Well? Will you say what you've got to say and get out of here?

Heidt Sure. If you didn't hear it, it was on the radio tonight. Another reward for ten thousand dollars for any information leading to the arrest of the murderer of Claude Mazard. You didn't hear it?

Alice Reed And if I had, it wouldn't have meant one thing to me.

Heidt Now if you're gonna start claiming you never knew him, you can save your breath. Cause I've been tailing him for months, and I've tailed him here many a time.

Richard Wanley The Biblical injunction "Thou shalt not kill" is one that requires qualification in view of our broader knowledge of impulses behind homicide. The various legal categories such as first and second degree murder, the various degrees of homicide, manslaughter, are civilized recognitions of impulses of various degrees of culpability. The man who kills in self defense, for instance, must not be judged by the same standards applied to the man who kills for gain.

Richard Wanley There are only three ways to deal with a blackmailer. You can pay him and pay him and pay him until you're penniless. Or you can call the police yourself and let your secret be known to the world. Or you can kill him.

Alice Reed Let's have another.

Richard Wanley I should say no, I know, but I haven't the slightest intention of saying it.

Frank Lalor We rarely arrest people just for knowing where the body was.

Richard Wanley I-I couldn't have drunk that much.

Richard Wanley The streets were dark with something more than night.