If I Were Free (1933)

Clive Brook: Gordon Evers

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Man Selling French Postcards : [scene: a Paris street cafe]  Des cartes postales, m'sieur? Des cartes postales, sir?

  [Man seated with lady shoos the vendor away] 

  Man Selling French Postcards : [approaching Gordon and Hector's table]  Postal cards, m'sier? *Dirty* postcards?

  Hector Stribling : [turning away, disgusted]  Uh!

  Gordon Evers : Charming.

  [taking the cards] 

  Gordon Evers : Would you like to look at them, Hector?

  Hector Stribling : Certainly not!

  Gordon Evers : How much are they?

  Man Selling French Postcards : Twenty francs.

  Gordon Evers : There you are.

  Man Selling French Postcards : Merci m'sieur. Merci.

  [Gordon tears up the cards, bows to the vendor, and throws the pieces away] 

  Hector Stribling : Why... why on earth did you do that?

  Gordon Evers : Who knows, it may save the soul of some American tourist.

• [last lines] 

  Gordon Evers : Darling, are you quite sure this isn't heaven?

  Sarah Cazenove : I'm quite sure it is.

  Gordon Evers : What do you think, Hector?

  Hector Stribling : Bless you, my children, but don't deceive yourselves. This not heaven. It's too infernally hot.

• [last lines] 

  Gordon Evers : Darling, are you quite sure this isn't heaven?

  Sarah Cazenove : I'm quite sure it is.

  Gordon Evers : What do you think, Hector?

  Hector Stribling : Bless you, my children, but don't deceive yourselves. This is not heaven. It's too infernally hot.

• Hector Stribling : You're a queer duck, Gordon. You've a future before you if you'd only follow it up. Those last cases I sent you, you handled brilliantly. And suddenly-this sort of thing. Why don't you come back to London with us tomorrow? I can get you a dozen briefs!

  Gordon Evers : I'm through with London. I may go out to the East again, Doctor says England's too damp for me.

  Hector Stribling : Nonsense. Think of your work.

  Gordon Evers : My dear Hector, I've no intention of spending the rest of my life in an ill-ventilated courtroom waiting for twelve total strangers to make up their minds.

  Hector Stribling : Oh, you'll never succeed at anything with that kind of attitude.

  Gordon Evers : I shall succeed in keeping out of courtrooms.

  Hector Stribling : Are you coming with us tonight or aren't you?

  Gordon Evers : No.

  [pause] 

  Gordon Evers : Is it white tie or dinner jacket?

  Hector Stribling : Dinner jacket.

  Gordon Evers : Then I shall come. You see, my valet ran away with my evening dress.

  Hector Stribling : Why not call the police; have the fellow arrested?

  Gordon Evers : Wearing evening dress is punishment enough.