The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

Boris Karloff: Prof. Nathaniel Billings

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• Prof. Nathaniel Billings : Amelia, this riffraff, as you call him, is really the salt of the earth. All he needs is to be iodized.

• Prof. Nathaniel Billings : [Enthusiastically]  I have very good news for you, Doctor!

  Dr. Lorenz : Really?

  Prof. Nathaniel Billings : Now, guess what!

  Dr. Lorenz : [Annoyed]  I don't know!

  Prof. Nathaniel Billings : [With continued enthusiasm]  Go ahead - guess

  Dr. Lorenz : [Angrily]  D-Do I look like a quiz kid?

• Amelia Jones : Everybody in this town knows you made your fortune on snake oil hair restorer.

  Dr. Lorenz : Well, what's wrong with that? Where's the hair follicle that can resist 2000 international units of Vitamin A? Where is it?

  Prof. Nathaniel Billings : [Bending over and pointing to a spot on top of his head]  Right here.

  Dr. Lorenz : [Examining it]  Hmmm! Oh, hardening of the skull!

• Bill Leyden : They murdered him! Just like they murdered the other one!

  Prof. Nathaniel Billings : Please! Please! The word is, "martyrized."

• Prof. Nathaniel Billings : Amelia! This riffraff, as you call him, is really the salt of the earth! All he needs is to be iodized.