Strangers in the Night Page #2

Synopsis: A lonely, mentally unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the "daughter" write to a Marine stationed in the South Pacific. When the soldier returns back to the States, he goes to look up his pen pal, and is told by the "mother" that the daughter has moved away. An acquaintance of the women tells the soldier the truth, and in a rage the "mother" kills her. In order to cover up that crime, she realizes she must kill the soldier, too.
Director(s): Anthony Mann
Production: Paramount Studios
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1944
56 min
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You know there's something

I'd like to know about you.

Somehow I have the feeling that

you must do something important.

Pretty well too.

Well it's no use.

I might as well confess.

Brace yourself, Sergeant.

I'm a doctor.

- A doctor?

- Please do not say it that way,

I'm trying to cure myself

from feeling like a freak.

You see most people feel that female

doctors should be seen only in cages.

Well, I don't.

Only it's a little hard to think of anyone

as attractive as you're being a doctor.

I'm afraid it'll be years before I get

over the handicap of what I look like.

- That's a handicap that a lot of women

would give years for. - Thank you.

But I'd even thought of wearing

a false beard during office hours.

You see I'm taking over a practice in

a small town, called Monteflores.

- Monteflores?

- Yes. Have you heard of it?

That's where I am going.

I wonder if you happen to know...

Take it easy, folks!

Everything's under control.

As the table staff in the dining car,

tell them to bring hot water

and all the clean towels they've got.

Dining Car

- Adhesive tape.

- Right here, doctor.

Can you help her out?

All right now, just take it easy.

Take it easy.

Towel.

There is an ambulance coming,

doctor. Why don't you

- leave this case to them?

- Please don't bother me.

The ambulance is here.

You can knock off now.

- What?

- You can rest now.

- You can take over now, doctor.

- Come on, Leslie.

- You get in. I'll get our luggage

to the driver. - Right.

Sure. It's easy to give a fello orders.

The chief said:
"Take the doc and

his friend to the nearest hotel".

"Get them room, bed, tickets on the first

train tomorrow and a couple of drinks."

I said, "Okay, I can promise the drinks,

but the rooms?"

Don't he know there's a war

going on?

- Hey, Sarge.

- Yeah?

Ain't she kind of young

to be a doctor?

Here's the best doctor

on this side of the Solomons.

Oh, that's good to hear

even if it isn't true.

I'm not kidding.

I've seen doctors working in conditions

you wouldn't believe.

I wanna tell you that tonight

you were right in their class.

Praise like that Sergeant

is praise indeed.

Johnny, what's the matter?

I'll be all right.

Let's not change the subject.

I was trying to tell you

how swell I think you are.

You are kind Johnny,

but I'm very tired.

I've had what you might call

a hectic day.

Yeah, I guess a little 'sack duty'

wouldn't hurt anybody.

- 'Sack duty'? - It's a marine word

for hitting the hay.

- Good night, doctor.

- Good night.

Johnny...

These aren't office hours.

You don't have to call me, doctor.

Good night, Leslie.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Want to order, ma'am?

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