Force of Evil

Doris Lowry: You know I've got my whole life to think about now and you won't be of any help. Joe Morse: How do you know? You know everything I touch turns to gold. Its raining out and I promised my brother to take you home. Doris Lowry: Well, that's a lie. Joe Morse: Well, it's not true; but I would have had he asked. You know you can't tell about your life 'til you're all through living it. Come on, I'll give you a lift. You're tired, I'm tireder. What can happen to either one of us? You tell me the story of your life and maybe I can suggest a happy ending.

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Edna Tucker: You're wide open, Joe. I can see into you without looking. Joe Morse: Don't bother; besides it's not nice to do. Edna Tucker: More interesting than when you have a rock for a husband like mine. He's a stone, that man. Whole world are rocks and stones to him. Joe Morse: Why tell me? Tell him. Edna Tucker: Never tell him anything. Makes me feel unnecessary. Joe Morse: If I make you feel necessary then I'm making a mistake.

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Sylvia Morse: [referring to Joe] Don't have anything to do with him, Leo. You're a businessman. Leo Morse: Yes. I've been a businessman all my life. And honest — I don't know what a business is. Sylvia Morse: Well, you had a garage... you had a real estate business. Leo Morse: A lot you know. Real estate business... living from mortgage to mortgage... stealing credit like a thief. And the garage — that was a business! Three cents overcharge on every gallon of gas: two cents for the chauffeur and a penny for me. Penny for one thief, two cents for the other. Well, Joe's here now — I won't have to steal pennies anymore. I'll have big crooks to steal dollars for me!

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Joe Morse: If you need a broken man to love, break your husband. I'm not a nickel, I don't spend my life in a telephone! If that's what you want for love, you can't use me. Edna Tucker: You're not strong or weak enough.

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Joe Morse: Wouldn't you like to celebrate on a really large scale, Miss Lowry? Doris Lowry: What are you celebrating, Mr. Morse? Joe Morse: A clear conscience. Doris Lowry: Oh, whose?

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Leo Morse: The money I made in this rotten business is no good for me, Joe. I don't want it back. And Tucker's money is no good either. Joe Morse: The money has no moral opinions. Leo Morse: I find I have, Joe. I find I have.

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