Niagara (1953)
Jean Peters: Polly Cutler
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Quotes
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[Upon seeing Rose Loomis in a low-cut, tight-fitting red dress]
Ray Cutler : Hey, get out the firehose!
[to Polly]
Ray Cutler : Why don't you ever get a dress like that?
Polly Cutler : Listen. For a dress like that, you've got to start laying plans when you're about thirteen.
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George Loomis : Let me tell you something. You're young, you're in love. Well, I'll give you a warning. Don't let it get out of hand, like those falls out there. Up above... d'you ever see the river up above the falls? It's calm, and easy, and you throw in a log, it just floats around. Let it move a little further down and it gets going faster, hits some rocks, and... in a minute it's in the lower rapids, and... nothing in the world - including God himself, I suppose - can keep it from going over the edge. It just - goes!
Polly Cutler : Don't worry. I'm one of those logs that just hang around in the calm.
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[Polly Cutler catches Rose Loomis in a passionate embrace with her lover]
Polly Cutler : Didn't that Mrs. Loomis say she was going shopping?
Ray Cutler : Yeah. Why?
Polly Cutler : Well, she sure got herself an armful of groceries.
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George Loomis : Parading around, showing herself off in that dress, cut down so low in front you can see her kneecaps.
Polly Cutler : It's a stunning dress.
George Loomis : Would you wear it?
Polly Cutler : Well, I'm not the kneecap type. She's a pretty girl. Why hide it?
George Loomis : Don't worry about that. She'd like to wear that dress where everybody could see her, right in the middle of Yankee Stadium. She's a tramp!
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Customs Officer : How long do you plan to be here?
Ray Cutler : Three days.
Customs Officer : Honeymooners?
Polly Cutler : That's right.
Customs Officer : That isn't liquor you have in that case under your coat, is it?
Ray Cutler : Uh, books. I'm going to catch up on my reading.
Customs Officer : Reading!
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Polly Cutler : Fine thing. I tell him we're on our honeymoon and you drag out a copy of Winston Churchill. He must think I'm a pretty hot article.
Ray Cutler : You should have told him we're on a delayed honeymoon.
Polly Cutler : Delayed or not, we agreed to treat it like a regular one, didn't we?
[quick kiss]
Ray Cutler : I'm game. And it'll be just as good as a regular honeymoon.
Polly Cutler : Well, it should be better. I've got my union card now.
[Lascivious glance]
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Polly Cutler : Didn't do any good to fix that hand. You like to suffer.
George Loomis : Maybe.
