The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

Peter Lorre: Hilary Cummins

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• Francis Ingram : Hilary, do you know why you are here?

  Hilary Cummins : No, I don't . Some anniversary perhaps?

  Francis Ingram : No, no such thing. I merely want your testimony... that I am not insane. It's very important to me to be certain that not one of you thinks I am of unsound mind. Bruce, you are an artist, a musician, You've been with me a long time. You've been with me constantly; therefore you are in a position to speak. Are you convinced that there is nothing wrong with... with my mental balance?

  Conrad Ryler : Your mental balance is equal to mine, and while I consider that a tribute to your sanity, there are certain people in San Stefano who consider me... slightly eccentric. Perhaps they're right.

• Clara : The Devil's haunting this house! The Devil! Signor Ingram's hand!

  Giovanna : Quickly, before it catches up with us!

  Antonio : Ah, you're always imagining things. The night your grandmother died, you heard skeletons rattling.

  Clara : Well if you don't believe me, why are you running away?

  Antonio : Well, it can't hurt to be on the safe side.

  Hilary Cummins : Look, there they go. Giovanna, Antonio, and Clara. They're more afraid of ghosts than of the law.

  Ovidio Castanio : The law doesn't like it too much either. If I were not the Commissario, I would be right with them.

• Conrad Ryler : Isn't this your handwriting, Hilary?

  Hilary Cummins : No, it's Ingram's. His hand wrote it. Don't you see? The hand, it must be here! I have to find it, it must be somewhere!