No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Eileen Heckart: Mrs. Brummel
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Quotes
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Mrs. Brummel : I am sickened at heart when my own son goes looking at dead women's naked bodies. I tell you Morris, it is no way to treat a lady.
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Mrs. Brummel : So, what do you, what do you do with her, go to mass?
Morris Brummel : No, we just... we walk and we talk.
Mrs. Brummel : Oh, please, please. I don't want to hear another word. Already I won't sleep another wink tonight. Please, don't say another word.
[pause]
Mrs. Brummel : Morris...
Morris Brummel : I thought you didn't want to hear any more?
Mrs. Brummel : Aw, you think I want to? You think I want... I'm in agony. I... I... It's my duty. Go on, go on.
Morris Brummel : Well, she... her, her name is Katherine. Katherine. Katherine Palmer.
Mrs. Brummel : Short, blonde, beautiful?
Morris Brummel : No, she's, er, she's, she's tall and er, she's only got one eye right in the middle of her forehead.
Mrs. Brummel : Of course. Of course. She'll break your heart!
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Mrs. Brummel : You still don't have a diploma! Not to mention any grandchildren, which your brother Franklin has three already. Three grandchildren. What have I got from you but heartbreak?
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Mrs. Brummel : That girl is a gem! An absolute gem! And I'll tell you something else...
Morris Brummel : What?
Mrs. Brummel : She reminds me of me!
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Mrs. Brummel : So where you going to take her?
Morris Brummel : Who?
Mrs. Brummel : Kate Palmer.
Morris Brummel : Nowhere.
Mrs. Brummel : Nowhere? That's a place, nowhere?
Morris Brummel : We're going to have dinner at her place.
Mrs. Brummel : You mean her own apartment?
Morris Brummel : That's right.
Mrs. Brummel : The two of you, alone?
Morris Brummel : Well, we were going to invite the strangler, but he couldn't make it.
Mrs. Brummel : Oh, sure, sure. Make fun. Ridicule.