The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
John Forsythe: Sgt. Danny Sullivan
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Quotes
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Cpl. Al O'Connor : [O'Connor and Sullivan have tickets to the ballet] I'll buy the tickets, let's go someplace else.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : You've never been to the ballet. How do you know you won't like it?
Cpl. Al O'Connor : I've never been skinned alive either but I've got an opinion.
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Joan Fisk : They've been using you as a guinea pig.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Who has?
Joan Fisk : My father, the ambassador, and General Harvey and Senator Cartwright.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Ambassador? And general, and senator?
Joan Fisk : Don't worry about it, dear.
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Mrs. Cartwright : [Pretending again to be the French employer of Joan as a model] Allo - remember me?
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Yes, I do.
Mrs. Cartwright : Would you like to buy me a drink for the favor I did you?
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : It didn't turn out to be much of a favor, but I'll buy the drink.
Mrs. Cartwright : Thank you.
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Sgt. Danny Sullivan : I don't care. You're not the girl I asked. You're, you're a different girl. I never asked you.
Gen. Andrew Harvey : You asked her. I heard you.
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Mrs. Cartwright : You know, the wife and the three children I don't hold against him. It's the other thing.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : What other thing?
Mrs. Cartwright : [Poking Sgt. Sullivan in the chest for emphasis] I was present once in the very room when he struck a woman.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : He hits women?
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Mrs. Cartwright : [Pretending to be the French employer of Joan as a model] I like American soldiers.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Thank you.
Mrs. Cartwright : When you come to Paris again, I will introduce you to others models.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : No, thank you.
Mrs. Cartwright : You don't like girls?
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : I don't seem to have much luck with your employees.
Mrs. Cartwright : That's just one. And don't blame me, you picked her.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : That's right.
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Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Well, let me tell you something. I have less respect for a girl who represents herself as something that she isn't, than for a girl who misrepresents herself for something that is. If you follow me?
Mrs. Cartwright : No, I don't.
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Sgt. Danny Sullivan : You can't make me. Not the Army or anybody. I'm a free citizen. I've got rights. C'mon, Al.
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French policeman in plain clothes : May we drop you off at your hotel, monsieur?
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Oh, please don't bother.
French policeman in plain clothes : Oh, it's no bother - we are going that way.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : How do you know which way I'm going?
French policeman in plain clothes : Whichever way you are going is our way.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : [Shaking his head] The boys are never going to believe this.
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Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Why do you call her that?
Mrs. Cartwright : Stuck up! Untouchable! Won't go out on dates. Remember? She brought me to look at you. I had to force her. I like American soldiers.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Are you sure we're talking about the same girl -- Joan, uh, Jeanne?
Mrs. Cartwright : Oui - Jeanne.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : The girl that old goat was chucking under the chin?
Mrs. Cartwright : Ah, that old goat. He would never get any place with her - I know.
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Mrs. Cartwright : Drop, drop, drop. That's how he got his wife.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : He's married?
Mrs. Cartwright : And has three children.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Does she know that?
Mrs. Cartwright : What can she do? Drop, drop, drop... .
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Mrs. Cartwright : [Pretending to be the French employer of Joan as a model] If I were a man, I would not have picked her.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Why not?
Mrs. Cartwright : Oh, too stand awayish.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Stand awayish?
Mrs. Cartwright : Stand-offish. You know what we call her?
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : What?
Mrs. Cartwright : Miss Iron-pants.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Miss Iron-pants?
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Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Wasn't anything the truth?
Mrs. Cartwright : Not much.
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Cpl. Al O'Connor : C'mon, we better get going.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : What's the hurry?
Cpl. Al O'Connor : Well, we won't miss anything.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : You've sure become a ballet lover fast.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Well, I wanna see how the story comes out - that fella in tights chasing that little girl.
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Sgt. Danny Sullivan : I saw her wringing that old cluck out of a $600 dress.
Mrs. Cartwright : Oh, that's a sad story. She needs money for her sick family. She sold the dress back and cried all afternoon. She has no talent for getting money from men.
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Mrs. Cartwright : Still, it is possible that this "old cluck" as you call him, may finally be the one with her. He has a way with women.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : That old goat?
Mrs. Cartwright : He's a rich old goat. She's a poor chicken. And you can wear away a rock by dropping water on it.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan : Is that what he's doing?