“Did you kill Noah?” – Mary Longstreet, The Stranger ... Movie Quotes Database

Mary Longstreet

Did you kill Noah?

Professor Charles Rankin

Yes, if he goes to the church and climbs up that ladder!

Mary Longstreet

It was I you intended to kill, wasn't it?

Professor Charles Rankin

No.

Mary Longstreet

Why wasn't it I? Franz Kindler! Kill me. Kill me, I want you to. I couldn't face life knowing what I've been to you and what I've done to Noah. But when you kill me, don't put your hands on me! [hands Charles a gun] Here!

In this scene

Mary Longstreet Loretta Young More Mary Longstreet quotes →

Professor Charles Rankin Orson Welles More Professor Charles Rankin quotes →

More from The Stranger

Mr. Wilson Oh, blast all this discussion! What good are words? I'm sick of words. Hang the repercussions and the responsibility! If I fail, I'm responsible. Leave the cell door open. Let him escape. Let him! It's our only chance! Let them threaten me with the bottom pits of hell and still I insist! This obscenity must be destroyed! Do you hear me? Destroyed! Mr. Wilson Well, who but a Nazi would deny that Karl Marx was a German because he was a Jew? Mary Longstreet Why wasn't it I... Franz Kindler? Kill me. Kill me, I want you to. I couldn't face life knowing what I've been to you and what I've done to Noah. But when you kill me, don't put your hands on me! [Picks up a fireplace poker] Here! Use this!