The Changeling (1980)
George C. Scott: John Russell
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John Russell : It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do.
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John Russell : [to Senator Carmichael] You're the beneficiary of the cruelest kind of murder... murder for profit!
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John Russell : You goddamn son of a bitch. What is it you want?
[shouting]
John Russell : What do you want from me? I've done everything I can do!
[pause]
John Russell : There's nothing more to do.
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De Witt : I understand you lost your wife and daughter a little while ago. Maybe it shook you up. Maybe too much... *Maybe*, you need help.
John Russell : I'd like you to leave now...
De Witt : [making his threat a bit more clear] We can see that you get it... do you understand what I'm saying?
John Russell : [points to the door] Out! Now!
De Witt : [pressing] Listen to me, Russell! You've got something of the Senator's... he wants it back. It's a little gold medal, a family heirloom, he lost it. He thinks *you've* got it.
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John Russell : None of this belongs to you!