Miss Sadie Thompson Movie Quotes
Mrs. Davidson
Thank heaven she's gone. She disturbed Mr. Davidson horribly last night. He despises women of that kind.
Dr. MacPhail
The founder of our religion was not so squeamish.
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Sadie
I'm so healthy it hurts.
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Sadie
Listen, when I want you I'll rattle your cage.
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Pvt. Griggs
Let the word out and she'll hit this rock like the A-bomb!
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Sadie
What's the difference where I go, as long as I get there.
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Dr. MacPhail
This island looks volcanic.
Mr. Davidson
It is - in more ways than one. All these isolated islands where our servicemen are stationed are volcanic. It takes constant vigilance to keep them under control.
Dr. MacPhail
You mean to keep friendly relations with natives strictly - friendly.
Mr. Davidson
To put it bluntly, yes.
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Dr. MacPhail
Well, to paraphrase an old saying, the situation has landed and has the Marines well in hand.
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Sadie
That was a fast tour!
Sgt. O'Hara
Most of the island's restricted.
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Sgt. O'Hara
There's enough sweat in the South Pacific to float a battleship.
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Pvt. Edwards
What do you want me to do, evaporate?
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Sadie
Come on in and get wrung out.
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Sadie
Relax, fellas, you'll burn out your bearings.
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Sadie
How much do I owe you, Mr. Horn?
Joe Horn
Forget it.
Sadie
Not me. I pay my way.
Joe Horn
Well, a couple a bucks will do it.
Sadie
For meals and everything?
Joe Horn
Well, this ain't exactly the Ritz.
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Sadie
I think you better go, Phil.
Sgt. O'Hara
Can't I interests you at all?
Sadie
I lost my curiosity years ago.
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Mr. Davidson
There is no hiding from justice.
Sadie
But, I didn't do anything to go to jail for!
Mr. Davidson
You've led an immoral life. You must pay for it! Only then will God forgive you.
Sadie
What kind of God are you talking about? That's not the kind of God I learned about in Sunday school. The way you figure him out, he's nothing but a cop!
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Sadie
Yeah, I gotta go to jail.
Sgt. O'Hara
I don't care about that. Anybody can get fouled up. Put in time and it's over. But, that other stuff? Working in that Emerald Club in Honolulu? That can never wash off.
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Sadie
All I heard was the rain, falling harder and harder. I thought I was going to scream.
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Sadie
The truth's the truth. You can't run away from it. And that's what I've been trying to do. Run away from the truth about myself. I never wanted to face what I became: I was nothing but a tramp.
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Sadie
When you asked me to marry you, it was like, it was like God has sent somebody to take me by the hand.
Sgt. O'Hara
Marry you? How could I marry you? You're dirty! When I think of all the guys who had their hands on you!
Sadie
Get out! Get outta here! Outta here! Get out! Outta here! Outta here! Get out! Get out!
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Sadie
Well, like the Chinese say, Garn-Men-U, I should care.
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Sgt. O'Hara
Come on, Sadie, let's get going before it starts to rain.
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Sadie
Oh, be careful of my record player. It means a lot to me.
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Sadie Thompson
[singing]
She taught school in Kansas City, She was cold and rather drab. So, at all the local parties, she was not the one they grabbed. But, she read a book and then - came - the transformation. She announced one night, to people's consternation: The Heat is On. The Heat is On. You better not get near my lips at night. I got a kiss like a flame. And if you touch my lips you might ignite and you would have yourself to blame. The Heat is On. The Heat is On...
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Sadie Thompson
[singing]
Got an awful lot of oats that haven't been sowed. They might start a chain reaction and I - might explode.
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Sadie
[Laying down on her makeshift bed, in a short red dress, with one knee bent up in the air and her arms stretched out above her head]
Anybody got a cigarette?
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Sadie Thompson
[singing]
Alone in the dark and sultry night, you think of the times you ain't done right...
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Sadie Thompson
[singing]
You lie awake and how you wish that it was mornin'. And then you smoke a hundred - cigarettes - or more. That devil rain continues pounding on your window. And the tropic winds keep howlin' at your door...
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Sadie
Oh, never mind the record player. Keep it to remember me by.
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Sgt. O'Hara
You know, a guy sort of forgets how to talk to a girl who's got stockings on.
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Mr. Davidson
Men of science like Freud and Adler and Jung are destroying moral values by denying individual responsibility.
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Sadie
Oh, come off it you guys, I don't go for that dreaming stuff.
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Sadie
He'll find out what it means when I get mad!
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Sadie
Well, look me up in my little grass shack, if you ever get into town.
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Sgt. O'Hara
A guy sorta forgets how to talk to a girl who's got stockings on.
Sadie
You're doin' okay.
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Mr. Davidson
Physical ailments are simple to fight... compared to immorality and evil.
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Sadie
Make the best of things today, it's bound to be worst tomorrow!
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Mr. Davidson
You're going to New Caledonia to carry on your trade.
Sadie
I don't know what you're talking about.
Mr. Davidson
I'm talking about why you had to leave Honolulu. You're a prostitute!
Sadie
What! Who do you think you are calling me names? You're a dirty, rotten liar!
Mr. Davidson
I want to give you a chance to redeem yourself.
Sadie
Where do you get off with that kind of talk?
Mr. Davidson
A chance to find salvation before it's too late.
Sadie
You're no priest or missionary! You're trying to act like one but the collar don't fit!
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Sadie
Let's say I'm doing it for you and Horn.
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Sadie
I don't make friends to get 'em in trouble.
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Sgt. O'Hara
As far as the natives are concerned, you're taboo.
Sadie
Taboo?
Sgt. O'Hara
Meaning: hands off.
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Sgt. O'Hara
Don't worry about it. Snap out of it, you won't be out in the rain.
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Sadie
Did you see that look Mrs. Davidson gave me? Save me from females!
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Sgt. O'Hara
Let it rain. Shine. It's all the same with the tropics. You got to learn to relax, Sadie. Like me. Of course, I've been here three years and you only one day; but, I can give you a few easy pointers on how to go native.
Sadie
Yeah. Yeah. Well, some other time, son.
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Sadie
I know how to handle it, honey.
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Sadie
You know something; it takes a low mind to think low. And Davidson's mind's in the gutter!
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Mr. Davidson
Miss Thompson, you're caught in a life of your own making. You cannot escape yourself. No one can. You will only find peace when you accept your punishment.
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Sadie
Men - you're all alike. Pigs!
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Mr. Davidson
Governor, I'm not a politician. I wasn't appointed to my job, I created it.
Governor
[Dryly sarcastic]
I envy you.
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Dr. MacPhail
All of us may run as far as we can. But, at the end we always come face-to-face with ourselves.
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Mr. Davidson
No, Doctor, moral standards can never be high enough. Especially here, where all of nature seems to conspire against us. Everything grows with a sort of savage violence; today you will see strange flowers where yesterday there were only roots.
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Sadie
Believe me, friendship lasts much longer than love.
Sgt. O'Hara
Yeah, but it ain't as much fun.
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Sgt. O'Hara
I know you enough not to want to lose you.
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Mr. Davidson
You must accept your punishment for the life you've led.
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Sadie
My, my, don't the world look fresh and clean today. Look at that sky! Just like a thing wasn't going on under it.
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Sadie
My voice isn't so awful if you don't listen too hard.
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Sadie
Funny how I'm always running out of cigarettes. Sometimes I don't even know I'm smoking. I guess when something becomes a habit you don't think what you're doing.
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Sadie
All these islands look alike: palm trees and coconuts. Anything cold to drink?
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Mr. Davidson
Miss Thompson, may I ask where you're going?
Sadie
The boys are throwing a brawl at the Chinaman's. Say, maybe you'd people like to come along? You might have a few laughs.
Mr. Davidson
Wouldn't it be wiser if you stayed here?
Sadie
You mean because of the rain?
Mr. Davidson
I wasn't referring to to the rain.
Sadie
You're not reaching me?
Mr. Davidson
You'll be the only white woman there.
Sadie
Say, that's real decent of you. But, I wouldn't worry. A girl gets just what she asks for. And all I'm asking for is company on a rainy night.
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Sadie
How do you like that double-talking, no-good louse! Handing me a line like that! If he starts that stuff again, I'll really tell him off. I'll spit in his eyes!
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Governor
I suppose you came to see me about that disturbance last night. Major Kenner has just assured me that the Chinaman's place will be declared off limits.
Mr. Davidson
At my insistence.
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