Dial M for Murder Quotes
Margot Mary Wendice : Anyone would have realized he was dead. Just one look at those staring eyes...
Chief Insp. Hubbard : So you did see his face, after all.
Margot Mary Wendice : I saw his eyes! I can't remember his face!
Chief Insp. Hubbard : So you did see his face, after all.
Margot Mary Wendice : I saw his eyes! I can't remember his face!
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Tony Wendice : What makes you think he came in by this door?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : His shoes.
Tony Wendice : His shoes?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : The ground was soaking wet last night. If he'd come in by the garden, he'd have left mud all over the carpet. As it is, he didn't leave any marks at all, because he wiped his shoes on the front doormat.
Tony Wendice : How can you tell?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : It's a fairly new mat, and some of its fibers came off on his shoes.
Tony Wendice : Oh, but surely...
Chief Insp. Hubbard : And there was a small tar stain on the mat, and some of the fibers show that as well. There is no question about it.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : His shoes.
Tony Wendice : His shoes?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : The ground was soaking wet last night. If he'd come in by the garden, he'd have left mud all over the carpet. As it is, he didn't leave any marks at all, because he wiped his shoes on the front doormat.
Tony Wendice : How can you tell?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : It's a fairly new mat, and some of its fibers came off on his shoes.
Tony Wendice : Oh, but surely...
Chief Insp. Hubbard : And there was a small tar stain on the mat, and some of the fibers show that as well. There is no question about it.
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Chief Insp. Hubbard : There is evidence however that he was blackmailing you.
Tony Wendice : Blackmail?
Mark Halliday : Yes, I'm afraid it's true, Tony.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : And you suggest that he came in by the window. And we know that he came in by that door.
Margot Mary Wendice : But he can't have come in that way. That door was locked. And there are only two keys. My husband had his with him, and mine was in my handbag. Here.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : You could have let him in.
Tony Wendice : Blackmail?
Mark Halliday : Yes, I'm afraid it's true, Tony.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : And you suggest that he came in by the window. And we know that he came in by that door.
Margot Mary Wendice : But he can't have come in that way. That door was locked. And there are only two keys. My husband had his with him, and mine was in my handbag. Here.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : You could have let him in.
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Margot Mary Wendice : Why did you bring me here?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : Because you were the only other person who could possibly have left that key outside. I had to find out if you knew it was there.
Margot Mary Wendice : Suppose I had known?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : You didn't.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : Because you were the only other person who could possibly have left that key outside. I had to find out if you knew it was there.
Margot Mary Wendice : Suppose I had known?
Chief Insp. Hubbard : You didn't.
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Chief Insp. Hubbard : Sooner or later, he'll come back here. As I've pinched his latch key, he'll try the one in the handbag. When that doesn't fit, he'll realize his mistake, put two and two together, and look under the stair carpet.
Mark Halliday : If he doesn't do that, all of this is pure guess work. We can't prove a thing.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : That's perfectly true. But once he opens that door, we shall know everything.
Mark Halliday : If he doesn't do that, all of this is pure guess work. We can't prove a thing.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : That's perfectly true. But once he opens that door, we shall know everything.
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Tony Wendice : [ on the phone to a lawyer ] Carl, it's me. We have a problem here. Our flat was broken into last night and Margot was attacked. No... she's all right. The man was killed. The police are here now, and don't laugh... but they're suggesting that Margot killed him intentionally.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : [ interupting Tony ] I wouldn't say that if I were you, sir.
Chief Insp. Hubbard : [ interupting Tony ] I wouldn't say that if I were you, sir.
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Chief Insp. Hubbard : So yesterday afternoon, I went to the prison and asked to see your handbag. While I was doing this, I managed to lift your latchkey. Highly irregular, of course, but my blood was up.
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