Sailor [after the car crashed]
What happened?
Sam Masterson The road curved, I didn't.
Most-quoted character in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946): in 8 of its 14 quotes
Most scenes with: Martha Ivers (3), Toni Marachek (2)
Look! I don't like to get pushed around. I don't like people I like to be pushed around. I don't like anybody to get pushed around.
Scenes with Sam Masterson
7 scenes Sailor Sam Masterson Sam Masterson [Recounting the time he was away from Iverstown]
That brings us up to my 21st birthday when I became a man officially.
How did it feel to become a man - officially?
Sam Masterson I'd been there before.
Walter O'Neil I wasn't going to shoot.
Sam Masterson I wasn't gonna wait and see.
A sure thing is never a gamble.
Sam Masterson No? What odds you give that that's a fact?
You know what probation is?
Sam Masterson Sure! A knife stickin' in your back!
Why didn't you stop me, Sam? You know how much I hated her! Why didn't you stop me?
Sam Masterson I wasn't there.
Why didn't you stop... [realizes] You weren't there?
Sam Masterson No, I left as soon as I saw your aunt enter the room.
Maybe you think I've been trying too hard to get acquainted.
Sam Masterson Maybe you have.
Maybe you think that's wrong.
Sam Masterson Maybe it's too soon to tell.
I wonder what you're thinking.
Sam Masterson I don't think you'll take up too much room in my Stanley Steamer.
Maybe you're all right.
