“You mean you knew what you'd done and you didn't want the Reverend...” – Mortimer, Arsenic and Old Lace ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

Mortimer

You mean you knew what you'd done and you didn't want the Reverend Harper to see the body?

Abby

Well, not at tea. That wouldn't have been very nice.

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Mortimer Brewster Cary Grant More Mortimer quotes →

Teddy John Alexander More Teddy quotes →

Abby Josephine Hull More Abby quotes →

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