Twilight for the Gods (1958)

Cyd Charisse: Charlotte King

Quotes 

• Charlotte King : I'm five foot, six inches tall. I weigh 120 pounds. My hair is brownish. My name, as you probably know, is Mrs. King. I hope you're satisfied.

• Charlotte King : Do you always say what's customary? Why don't you just say I look like an opportunity and what can you lose by trying.

• Charlotte King : What kind of a dog is that, Captain?

  Captain David Bell : Hmm?

  Charlotte King : What kind of a dog?

  Captain David Bell : A male.

• Charlotte King : Tell me something, Captain, don't you ever smile at anyone except him? What's he got that makes him so special? Why can't I get in that league?

• Charlotte King : Relax.

  Captain David Bell : I'm not sure I trust lady barbers.

• Charlotte King : Does your wife do this for you when your home?

• Charlotte King : You're an interesting man. There aren't very many of you left in this world. Every time I think I've met a man, I find out that what I've really met is a boy and his mother. You don't seem that way.

• Charlotte King : From her she looks almost beautiful.

  Captain David Bell : Distance helps. She looked that way when I first saw her, fell in love with her. Ships are like people. They're just as beautiful as you see them. A cannibal thinks that a woman with a ring in her nose is beautiful. It all depends on whose doing the looking.

  Charlotte King : So that's why you named her 'Cannibal'.

  Captain David Bell : There was a time when I would have sold my soul to own that little ship. Maybe I did. Because now she's my world. Unless I force myself, I don't see her faults or what time has done to her. To me she'll always be beautiful. Maybe because I need her.

  Charlotte King : Wouldn't it be possible that the same thing might be true between - say, a man and a woman? Or, would that depend on who was doing the looking?

• Captain David Bell : What's the matter?

  Charlotte King : Well, frankly, I'd certainly like a bath.

  Captain David Bell : That can be arranged.

• Charlotte King : Still direct to Mexico?

  First Mate Ramsay : Yeah. When we get there, will you tell me why you're all so all fired anxious about the course the ship sails.

  Charlotte King : Some people like to know where they're going, even if they're women.

• Charlotte King : Don't look at me like that. Its what you think you see, isn't there.

• Charlotte King : I refuse to ask what I'm doing with this.

  Captain David Bell : That's one of the things I like about you.

• Charlotte King : Don't feel badly. Some men can't even start a fire in a furnace.