Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

Ruth Roman: Shelley Carnes

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Quotes 

• Richard Trevelyan : You can sleep in the den. There's a lock on the door.

  Shelley Carnes : Do I need it?

  Richard Trevelyan : I want you to feel that you're safe.

  Shelley Carnes : From what?

  Richard Trevelyan : From your thoughts.

• Shelley Carnes : [Bringing in luggage from the nighttime rain]  Well thanks. There were two bags in the car. How'd you know I needed the small one?

  Richard Trevelyan : A woman usually carries her night things in the smallest bag.

  Shelley Carnes : You're much too wise to be a bachelor. Are you married?

  Richard Trevelyan : I was.

  [Long pause] 

  Richard Trevelyan : I think I should tell you there's no one else in the house.

  Shelley Carnes : Should I scream?

  Richard Trevelyan : No one would hear you.

  Shelley Carnes : Then I'll save my breath.

• Liza McStringer : [after storming through the door]  I heard it... But I didn't believe it. The wedding feast.

  Richard Trevelyan : I thank you for your congradulations, Liza.

  Liza McStringer : So you married him. In spite of everything you actually married him.

  Shelley Carnes : Why not? If I love him.

  Liza McStringer : You fool. You don't love him. You're fascinated by the smell of murder.

  Richard Trevelyan : That's enough, Liza.

  Liza McStringer : Ask at any prison. They'll tell you about women who send love letters to murderers. Who send them flowers and money. So you just gone them one better.

  Shelley Carnes : What's happened to you, Liza? You of all people. You voted for Tri's acquittal.

  Liza McStringer : Not because I thought he was innocent. But because I thought Lorraine deserved killing.

• Shelley Carnes : [after reading Accused Wife Killer Freed on paper handed to her]  So you're Richard Trevelyan? What was she like?

  Richard Trevelyan : [Chuckling]  She was very beautiful. Attractive. Full of laughter. And very evil.

  [hands her a candle] 

  Richard Trevelyan : You can sleep in the den. There's a lock on the door.

  Shelley Carnes : Do I need it?

  Richard Trevelyan : I want you to feel that you're safe.

  Shelley Carnes : From what?

  Richard Trevelyan : Your thoughts.

• Myra Nolan : Sorry. I thought I'd better do something to get you up.

  Shelley Carnes : What time is it?

  Myra Nolan : After two. You slept the clock around. Do you often do that?

  Shelley Carnes : I'm in the theater. That's why people become actors, so they can sleep late.