The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Mildred Natwick: Miss Ivy Gravely
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Quotes
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Miss Graveley : How old do you think I am young man?
Sam Marlowe : Hmm... fifty. How old do you think you are?
Miss Graveley : Forty-two! I can show you my birth certificate.
Sam Marlowe : I'm afraid you're going to have to show more than your birth certificate to convince a man of that.
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[the Captain and Miss Graveley have afternoon tea together]
Capt. Wiles : A real handsome man's cup.
Miss Graveley : It's been in the family for years. My father always used it... until he died.
Capt. Wiles : I trust he died peacefully. Slipped away in the night?
Miss Graveley : He was caught in a threshing machine.
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[Upon finding the Captain dragging a body along the ground]
Miss Graveley : What seems to be the trouble, Captain?
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Miss Graveley : [Arnie puts a dead rabbit on the table while the Captain and Miss Graveley are having tea] What do you call him?
Arnie : Dead.
Capt. Wiles : Where did you get him?
Arnie : I found him.
Miss Graveley : Where did you find him?
Arnie : [Looking at the tea table] In the blueberry muffins.
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Miss Graveley : What seems to be the trouble, Captain?
Capt. Wiles : Well, it's what you might call an unavoidable accident. He's dead.
Miss Graveley : Yes. I would say that he was. Of course, that's an unprofessional opinion.
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Capt. Wiles : Do you know him, Miss Gravely?
Miss Graveley : No. Doesn't live around here.
Capt. Wiles : Well, he died around here. That's what counts now.
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Miss Graveley : [to Capt. Wiles] I'm grateful to you for burying my body.
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Miss Graveley : Wiggy. What a perfectly ridiculous little nickname. Do you mind if I call you "Wiggy," Mrs. Wiggs?
Mrs. Wiggs : Not if you pay all your bills on time.
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Miss Graveley : Let's get back to our little problem. Harry. What's going to become of him?
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Miss Graveley : He swore at me. Horrible, masculine sounds. I didn't understand them, of course.
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Miss Graveley : He very definitely pulled me into the bushes.
Capt. Wiles : Yes?
Miss Graveley : I came out again.
Capt. Wiles : Go on.
Miss Graveley : He pulled me back.
Capt. Wiles : Twice.
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Miss Graveley : I'm certainly glad if I helped you, Captain. Perhaps you would care to come over for some blueberry muffins and coffee later on. High-bush blueberries!
Capt. Wiles : Oh, this is certainly something of an interesting surprise.
Miss Graveley : And perhaps a touch of elderberry wine. After all, we've been neighbors for nearly three years now and we've never exchanged social calls.
