Dr. Michael Barkstane We've decided she's our dream girl just from that picture.
Richard Wanley
Edward G. Robinson · 11 quotes
Alice Reed
Joan Bennett · 5 quotes
Frank Lalor
Raymond Massey · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Richard Wanley & Alice Reed (4)
The Woman in the Window quotes
Page 1 of 2 Dr. Michael Barkstane 
Heidt I don't want to make trouble for anybody. I can, of course, but I don't want to.
I should say no, I know, but I haven't the slightest intention of saying it.
Well, there are two general reactions. One is a kind of solemn stare for the painting.
And the other?
The other is a long, low whistle.
What was mine?
I'm not sure. But I suspect that in another moment or two you might have given a long, low, solemn whistle.
Well? Will you say what you've got to say and get out of here?
Heidt Sure. If you didn't hear it, it was on the radio tonight. Another reward for ten thousand dollars for any information leading to the arrest of the murderer of Claude Mazard. You didn't hear it?
And if I had, it wouldn't have meant one thing to me.
Heidt Now if you're gonna start claiming you never knew him, you can save your breath. 'Cause I've been tailing him for months, and I've tailed him here many a time.
Claude Mazard [Barges in]
Who are you?
Claude Mazard I told you if you ever- [slaps Alice in the face]
Stop that you fool!
Claude Mazard Fool, eh? [Punches Wanley]
No. I wish it were. Then I wouldn't have to come over here every so often to watch people's faces.
Is that what you do?
Now and then, when I'm lonely.
The flesh is still strong, but the spirit grows weaker by the hour. You know, even if the spirit of adventure should rise up before me and beckon, even in the form of that alluring young woman in the window next door, I'm afraid that all I'll do is clutch my coat a little tighter, mutter something idiotic and run like the devil.
Dr. Michael Barkstane Not before you got her number, I hope?
Probably.
Well, what do you think?
You think she's the one?
I don't know. She's got something on her conscience, but what woman hasn't?
Streetwalker Pardon me. Will you give me a light?
No. Oh, no. Thank you indeed. Not for a million dollars.
[lecturing]
The Biblical injunction "Thou shalt not kill" is one that requires qualification in view of our broader knowledge of impulses behind homicide. The various legal categories such as first and second degree murder, the various degrees of homicide, manslaughter, are civilized recognitions of impulses of various degrees of culpability. The man who kills in self defense, for instance, must not be judged by the same standards applied to the man who kills for gain.
[Sees Alice Reed for the first time, after just seeing her painting in the window]
I-I couldn't have drunk that much.
In the District Attorney's office we see what happens to middle-aged men who try acting like colts.
The streets were dark with something more than night.
There are only three ways to deal with a blackmailer. You can pay him and pay him and pay him until you're penniless. Or you can call the police yourself and let your secret be known to the world. Or you can kill him.