“There were people, grown people they were, who expressed themselves...” – Narrator, The Magnificent Ambersons ... Movie Quotes Database

Narrator

There were people, grown people they were, who expressed themselves longingly. They did hope to live to see the day, they said, when that boy would get his come-uppance.

Wife

His what?

Husband

His come-uppance! Something's bound to take him down someday. I only want to be there.

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Narrator Orson Welles More Narrator quotes →

W Wife Sada Simmons

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