To Catch a Thief (1955)
Jessie Royce Landis: Jessie Stevens
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Quotes
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Jessie Stevens : I know you ought to be spanked with a hairbrush and sent back to school - public school - where they could pound some sense into you during recess.
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Jessie Stevens : Sorry I ever sent her to finishing school. I think they finished her there.
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Frances Stevens : My nerves could stand a drink.
Jessie Stevens : Your nerves and your mother!
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Jessie Stevens : Why do you think we moved so often? Your father was a swindler, dear, but a lovable one. If you ask me, this one's a bigger operator on every level.
John Robie : Thank you, madam.
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Jessie Stevens : [referring to John] Handsome. I wouldn't mind buying *that* for you.
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Frances Stevens : Maybe Mr. Hughson doesn't care for gambling.
Jessie Stevens : Everyone likes to gamble in one way or another, even you!
Frances Stevens : I have an intense dislike for it.
Jessie Stevens : Francie, dear, when the stakes are right, you'll gamble!
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Jessie Stevens : Just why did you come to the Riviera, anyway?
John Robie : To meet someone as charming as you.
Jessie Stevens : Boy, now l am going to have you investigated.
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Jessie Stevens : Avez-vous bourbon?
