Man with the Gun (1955)
Jan Sterling: Nelly Bain
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Quotes
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Nelly Bain : You're going to do Mable's song tonight. She's nursing a sore throat.
Ann Wakefield : But I haven't got any voice and that's the worst kind!
Nelly Bain : They aren't paying for your pear-shaped tones at the Palace, dear.
Kitty : Nelly means, "Who listens."
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Nelly Bain : Don't try to change now, Clint, or you'll find that even feeling a little will hurt a lot.
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[last lines]
Clint Tollinger : Time to quit this business, Nell. There's got to be an easier way to make a living.
Nelly Bain : We'll find it.
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Nelly Bain : You notice I don't say anything about your manners. Appearances are all I care about. You're pretty girls and the Palace is not a pretty business.
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Nelly Bain : You forget, Clint - I know that your father died because he wouldn't wear a gun. You'll die because you do.
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Nelly Bain : You're staying?
Clint Tollinger : Mm-hmm.
Nelly Bain : Of course - a target right to the end. Standing in front of people who won't stand in back of you.
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Nelly Bain : Hurry, Kitty!
Mable : Lucky Kitty.
Ann Wakefield : She's going to visit her family. I don't call that fun. My family reads me like a book.
Mable : What's the matter? Don't they like dime novels?