Niagara (1953)

Max Showalter: Ray Cutler

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Quotes 

• [Upon seeing Rose Loomis in a low-cut, tight-fitting red dress] 

  Ray Cutler : Hey, get out the firehose!

  [to Polly] 

  Ray Cutler : Why don't you ever get a dress like that?

  Polly Cutler : Listen. For a dress like that, you've got to start laying plans when you're about thirteen.

• [Polly Cutler catches Rose Loomis in a passionate embrace with her lover] 

  Polly Cutler : Didn't that Mrs. Loomis say she was going shopping?

  Ray Cutler : Yeah. Why?

  Polly Cutler : Well, she sure got herself an armful of groceries.

• Ray Cutler : Your husband doesn't seem to like music.

  Rose Loomis : Depends. He'll get right down and dig, if you give him a rocking chair and a corny old tune like "In the Gloaming."

• Ray Cutler : You kinda like that song don't you Mrs. Loomis?

  Rose Loomis : There isn't any other song.

• Ray Cutler : Oh, Polly. Mr. Loomis. If I hear that name once more, I'll start yelling myself. No wonder it got you. We wait three years for a honeymoon, then spend it with a coupla spooks. Here. Drink this. Mr. Loomis! From the time we get here we're patting his hand, looking for him, burying him. And her! Running around sobbing, yelling, asking if we'll pick out a tombstone. Why, it's enough to drive anybody nuts! Well, we're gonna kiss off this place right now! Give me a hand with this stuff, will ya, honey? Sport clothes! All we needed here was a couple of shrouds.

• Customs Officer : How long do you plan to be here?

  Ray Cutler : Three days.

  Customs Officer : Honeymooners?

  Polly Cutler : That's right.

  Customs Officer : That isn't liquor you have in that case under your coat, is it?

  Ray Cutler : Uh, books. I'm going to catch up on my reading.

  Customs Officer : Reading!

• Polly Cutler : Fine thing. I tell him we're on our honeymoon and you drag out a copy of Winston Churchill. He must think I'm a pretty hot article.

  Ray Cutler : You should have told him we're on a delayed honeymoon.

  Polly Cutler : Delayed or not, we agreed to treat it like a regular one, didn't we?

  [quick kiss] 

  Ray Cutler : I'm game. And it'll be just as good as a regular honeymoon.

  Polly Cutler : Well, it should be better. I've got my union card now.

  [Lascivious glance] 

• Mr. J.C. Kettering : Okay, 5 o'clock in the morning, right here. "Olive oil," as the French say!

  Ray Cutler : Thanks a lot.

  Mr. J.C. Kettering : Bye.

  Ray Cutler : Bye.

• Ray Cutler : I'll tell you what, you lie down and I'll get a shave and we'll decide later, Okay? Now lie down!