Caged (1950)
Eleanor Parker: Marie Allen
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Quotes
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Marie Allen : I feel a little sick.
Infirmary Nurse : Get that way often?
Marie Allen : Yes, the last week or so.
Infirmary Nurse : Say, you expecting company?
Marie Allen : [mumbles] I don't know.
Infirmary Nurse : [cynically] Another pregnant one! Get up!... You know who the father is?
Marie Allen : My husband.
Marie Allen : [sarcastically] Well, ain't we gettin' respectable! Could he help with the expenses?
Marie Allen : He's dead!
Infirmary Nurse : [with contempt] Another bill for the state! Get dressed!
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Evelyn Harper : Home sweet home! Just like the big cage in the zoo - only you clean it up instead of the keeper. Bucket and brush is in the corner closet.
Marie Allen : Mrs. Benton said I was going to work in the laundry.
Evelyn Harper : I'm the boss here! Start scrubbin'!
Marie Allen : But Mrs. Benton told me...
Marie Allen : [she sees another inmate signaling her not to talk back] Where do I begin, Mrs. Harper?
Evelyn Harper : Now you're gettin' hip.
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Marie Allen : For that forty bucks I heisted I sure got myself an education.
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Marie Allen : For that forty bucks I heisted, I certainly got myself an education!
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Infirmary Nurse : [to one of the infirmary assistants, as Marie is being given her prison medical exam] I hope your batch is cleaner than the last lot. I had to scrub them with brooms.
Infirmary Nurse : [examines her eyes and ears] Eyes okay... No drugs in the ears... Open your mouth wide... I said *wide*!
Infirmary Nurse : [examines inside her mouth] No drugs in mouth. Teeth sound.
Infirmary Nurse : [thumps her chest] Lung tap sound... Heart excited, but strong enough.
Infirmary Nurse : [Marie starts to look very uncomfortable] What's the matter?
Marie Allen : [weakly] I feel a little sick...
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Claire Devlin - Inmate : How much time you pullin'?
Marie Allen : One to fifteen years. But I come up for parole in ten months.
Smoochie : Just a hot minute. What's your rap?
Marie Allen : Robbery.
Smoochie : Hmph. Society. Larcenists don't talk to CPs.
Marie Allen : [not familiar with the term, looks perplexed] "CPs"?
Smoochie : Are you kiddin'?
Kitty Stark : "CP" - common prostitute.
Smoochie : Where you been livin', the moon?
Kitty Stark : Her name's Smoochie.
Marie Allen : Glad to meet you.
[politely holds out her hand to shake]
Smoochie : [somewhat reluctantly shakes hands, then turns to Kitty Stark] Got news for ya': she's all right.
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Marie Allen : Kill her. Kill her. Kill her.
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Marie Allen : Kindly omit the flowers.