Mitch Wayne [to Lucy]
Kyle's probably arranging to buy you the hotel, a stretch of the beach and a slice of the Gulf Stream.
Played by Rock Hudson 
Written on the Wind (1956) · 42 quotes
Written on the Wind (1956) · 42 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Written on the Wind (1956): in 15 of its 42 quotes
Most scenes with: Kyle Hadley (4), Marylee Hadley (3), Lucy Moore Hadley (3)
More lines from Mitch Wayne
4 quotes Mitch Wayne Mitch Wayne [to Kyle]
I had Lucy figured wrong...I figured she'd be different than all the rest...If she were, she'd have spit right in your eye.
Mitch Wayne I'm in love with a woman that happens to be Kyle's wife...Strictly one-sided.
Mitch Wayne [to Lucy]
I can't keep holding back how I feel about you, Lucy. How I've felt ever since the first day we met. I'm in love with you.
Scenes with Mitch Wayne
10 scenes
Mitch I, uh, have a sheepskin that says I'm a geologist.
...I was kicked out of the same school. They found rocks in my head.
Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. It's an adventure. It's exciting.
Mitch Are you looking for laughs? Or are you soul-searching?
The latter, I guess. I think I'm beginning to know Kyle - and to like him.
Mitch Well, in that case, I'm glad.
Jasper It's about time you got hitched, isn't it?
Mitch No, I-I have trouble enough finding oil.
Jasper I sure wish you felt different about Marylee.
Mitch We grew up together, like brother and sister. I just can't see it any other way.
Jasper Yeah. It's a shame, though, in a way. It's a real shame.
Then you grew up and left me, you and Kyle, the rover boys. I guess that's why I hate him so, for taking you away from me. I love you, Mitch. I'm desperate for you. So desperate, I run to the likes of Roy Carter.
Mitch All right, blame me.
I'm not talking about blame. About love. Do you love me, Mitch?
Mitch Like a brother.
I don't want you as a brother.
Mitch Can't be any other way, Marylee. Don't, please don't waste your life waiting for me.
I'll wait, and I'll have you - marriage or no marriage.
Young Kyle
Bet you can't throw that far, Mitch.
Young Marylee
Mitch can do everything better than you, Kyle.
Young Kyle
Shut up, Marylee.
Young Marylee
Throw it, Mitch. You made it, Mitch!
Young Kyle
Last one across is a rotten egg.
Young Mitch
Hey, what's that purple stuff on your lips?
Young Marylee
Mulberry juice. Looks like lipstick, doesn't it?
Young Mitch
Yeah, sure does.
Young Marylee
Mitch? Am I beautiful?
Young Mitch
Uh-huh.
Young Marylee
Do you love me?
Young Mitch
Sure, you're my girl.
Young Marylee
When we grow up, you'll marry me, won't you, Mitch? I love you so much.
A toast to - to beauty - and the truth, which is anything but beautiful...This is an occasion. We must proceed with, with quiet dignity...
Mitch What are we celebrating?
The end of a drought, a year-long drought.
Mitch We drank a toast to truth.
So?
Mitch So you ought to let us in on what you're really celebrating - or mourning.
So you'd like to know my secret. The secret is - not to pour the vermouth, just to pretend you're pouring it.
Bored?
Mitch Disgusted. Mostly with myself.
But I - I need you here.
Mitch That's the only reason I stayed - to help you.
Not Kyle?
Mitch I made a resolution last week. It goes like this - To Hell With The Hadleys.
I'm a Hadley.
Mitch Not to me you're not.
I respect my marriage.
Mitch Haven't I?
LucyTake me away, Mitch. Take me out of this house...Now. I'm afraid.
Mitch I won't leave you.
[pointing a gun at Mitch]
You lousy white trash. You no-account, two-faced dog. I'm gonna watch you cringe. Then I'm gonna put a bullet in your belly...my best friend. My lifelong pal. What a laugh! You crawlin' snake. You crept in here, sponged off us Hadleys, stole everything I ever wanted, everything I ever had...You made me small in my father's eyes. You made my sister spit at me. Then, you stole my wife.
Mitch Kyle, we've never lied to each other. And I'm tellin' you now, I never touched Lucy, only because she's your wife. Get this straight. The child would have been yours. Not mine. Yours.
I could tell the police that I saw you kill my dear brother.
Mitch You could.
On the other hand, a wife wouldn't and couldn't testify against her own husband.
Mitch You know, for a beautiful girl, you can look real ugly sometimes. Ask yourself this: Would I ever be enough for you?
I could talk you right into the state penitentiary.
Mitch You're sick, Marylee. Your sickness won't be cured by marrying me. Before it's too late, you'd better face up to yourself. Look how far we've come from the river.
