Arsenic and Old Lace Quote

[ discussing the body count ]
Dr. Einstein : You got twelve, they got twelve. [ angrily grabs Dr. Einstein's necktie ]
Jonathan Brewster : I've got thirteen!
Dr. Einstein : No, Johnny, twelve - don't brag.
Jonathan Brewster : Thirteen! There's Mr. Spinalzo and the first one in London, two in Johannesburg, one in Sydney, one in Melbourne, two in San Francisco, one in Phoenix, Arizona...
Dr. Einstein : Phoenix?
Jonathan Brewster : The filling station...
Dr. Einstein : Filling station? Oh! [ slits throat ]
Dr. Einstein : Yes.
Jonathan Brewster : Then three in Chicago and one in South Bend. That makes thirteen.
Dr. Einstein : You cannot count the one in South Bend. He died of pneumonia!
Jonathan Brewster : He wouldn't have died of pneumonia if I hadn't shot him!
Dr. Einstein : No, no, Johnny. You cannot count him. You got twelve, they got twelve. The old ladies is just as good as you are!

Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace

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