Rupert Cadell: (James Stewart): “Brandon's spoken of you.”Janet Walker (Joan Chandler): “Did he do me justice?”
Rupert, teasingly: “Do you deserve justice?”
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Janet: “Well, now, you don't really approve of murder, Rupert? If I may?”
Rupert, joking but deadpan: “You may... and I do. Think of the problems it would solve: unemployment, poverty, standing in line for theatre tickets. After all, murder is - or should be - an art. Not one of the 'seven lively', perhaps, but an art nevertheless. And, as such, the privilege of committing it should be reserved for those few who are really superior individuals.”
Brandon (John Dall), not joking: “...And the victims: inferior beings whose lives are unimportant anyway.”
Rupert, still having fun: “Obviously. Now, mind you, I don't hold with the extremists who feel that there should be open season for murder all year round. No, personally, I would prefer to have...'Cut a Throat Week'... or, uh, 'Strangulation Day.'"
