Dr. Sanderson Think carefully, Dowd. Didn't you know somebody, sometime, someplace with the name of Harvey? Didn't you ever know anybody by that name?
No, no, not one, Dr. Maybe that's why I always had such hopes for it.
Played by Charles Drake 
Harvey (1950) · 34 quotes
Harvey (1950) · 34 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Harvey (1950): in 4 of its 34 quotes
Most scenes with: Miss Kelly (2)
Scenes with Dr. Sanderson
4 scenes Dr. Sanderson Dr. Sanderson I want you to telephone this Elwood P. Dowd right away. His sister's condition is serious.
Uh - but, Doctor, I --
Dr. Sanderson He'll have to sign these commitment papers for her.
But I didn't know the woman needed the treatment! She said it was her brother!
Dr. Sanderson Of course she did! That's the oldest dodge in the world. Always used by a cunning type of psychopath. She knew her brother was about to commit her so she came down here to discredit him. Get him on the phone, please.
But, Doctor, I thought the woman was all right, so I had Wilson take the brother up to Number Twenty-four - South Wing, G. He's there now.
Dr. Sanderson You had Wilson take the brother in?! Come on, Miss Kelly, no gags, please!You're not serious, are you?
Oh, I did, Doctor, I - I did. Doctor, I'm terribly sorry.
Dr. Sanderson Oh, you're terribly sorry! Well, that's fine! That - that fixes everything! That's just wonderful! No - oh, no! Kelly! Kelly, do you realize what you've done? This man Dowd can sue us for false commitment! He can own the whole sanitarium -- and I'll be kicked out of here faster than you can say stupid, incompetent and inefficient!
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Oh, I'll tell Dr. Chumley you had nothing to do with it - it was all my fault! You're the last person in the world I'd ever want anything like this to happen to. You know that, don't you, Dr. Sanderson?
Dr. Sanderson Miss Kelly, this is hardly the time or place to go into the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet!
Lately, Doctor, there's never any time or place!
Dr. Sanderson Jeepers! They may be putting him in the hydro room right now! Get up there quick and see if you can get him down here! I'll break the news gently to Dr. Chumley. He may want to handle this himself.
Well what shall I say to Mr. Dowd? What do I do? He'll probably be so furious he'll refuse to come down here.
Dr. Sanderson Look, Miss Kelly. He's probably fit to be tied, but he's a man, isn't he?
I guess so. His name's Mister!
Dr. Sanderson Well, then, go into your old routine. You know, the eyes, the swish, the works. I'm immune to it, but I've seen it work on some people, some of the patients out here. Now, you get him down here, Kelly, if you have to do a striptease!
Dr. Sanderson Dr. Chumley, I'm afraid there's been a serious error --
Dr. Sanderson, we don't permit errors in this institution.
Dr. Sanderson It sounds funny, but I'll miss this place. I guess I'll miss a lot of things around here.
You will?
Dr. Sanderson You won't laugh?
Of course not.
Dr. Sanderson You know how it is working around people all day. You sort of get attached to them.
I know, Limon.
Dr. Sanderson It may be ridiculous, but I'm gonna miss every one of the psychos, neuros, and schizos in the place.
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Well, you can miss your psychos and your schizos, Dr, Sanderson, and you can miss whomever you please. But after you leave here I won't miss a thing - not a single solitary thing.
Dr. Sanderson Now what's wrong?
Nothing - I - I came down here to say good-bye to you, so good-bye, good luck and good riddance.
Dr. Sanderson Why, you can't even say good-bye without putting it on a personal basis.
Oh, don't flatter yourself, doctor. There's nothing personal about this.
Dr. Sanderson I think you've been working too hard, Kelly. You're getting neurotic.
Now don't start analyzing me. Save your psychiatry for your next job.
Dr. Sanderson I'm not using psychiatry, Miss Kelly - and let me give you a little friendly advice - that chip on your shoulder stems from a persecution complex that undoubtedly goes back to childhood.
Well, thanks so much for the case history, doctor. Now could you tell me what an over-inflated ego stems from?
Dr. Sanderson Now listen here!
