The Talk of the Town Page #2

Synopsis: In suburban Lochester, New England, three people end up living together in high school teacher Nora Shelley's rental house. The first is her new tenant, renowned Harvard law professor Michael Lightcap, who has rented the house for the summer while he writes his new book. The second is Nora herself. Despite having an auspicious first meeting, Lightcap hires Nora to be his live-in cook and secretary for a week until his manservant Tilney arrives. The third is Joseph, the property's gardener, who is currently laid up with a sprained ankle. In reality, Joseph is Nora's childhood friend Leopold Dilg, who has just escaped from prison. Leopold was being tried for the arson of the factory where he worked, and for murder for the death of the factory foreman Clyde Bracken, whose body was never recovered but who is assumed to have died in the fire. Despite the danger to herself, Nora hides Leopold since she believes his story that although he, as an activist, did speak out about the dangerous con
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): George Stevens
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
NOT RATED
Year:
1942
118 min
482 Views


This is no time for nonsense.

You're even prettier now.

What about Yates?

Does he know what you've done?

- Yates?

- Sam Yates, your lawyer.

Don't you know your own lawyer?

The state gave me a lawyer.

If anybody can help, it's Sam.

I'll call him,

and that's the end of it for me.

Whatever Yates decides,

he's got to get you out of here by dawn.

- That ankle had better be better.

- Thank you.

- See that you keep quiet.

- Yes, Miss Shelley.

I thought you had gone.

I was hoping you'd be awake.

I must say, this is irregular.

- I'm in trouble.

- In trouble?

- Yes, it's Mother.

- And what has Mother to do with it?

We live in a house in town.

We scrape on each other's nerves.

Sometimes the fights,

the things we say to each other...

Today we had one of our disagreements.

You have no idea how ugly.

The only thing that works is absence.

I thought that I'd stay here tonight.

You weren't supposed to come

until tomorrow.

I'm sorry, forgive me.

I'll go now.

Miss Shelley.

If you wish, another room.

Thank you so much.

There are plenty of blankets.

- Thank you.

- Good night.

Good night.

I was wondering if I could borrow

a pair of your pyjamas.

Thank you so much.

- Don't mention it. Good night.

- Good night.

If you're worried about anything,

there's a lock just inside the door.

Thank you. Good night.

Hello, is Mr. Yates there?

Do you know where I can find him?

Nora Shelley.

You haven't any idea

when he'll be back?

You haven't.

No, he can't reach me.

I may call again

early in the morning.

Goodbye. Thank you.

She must have adenoids.

Oh, my gosh.

Hey, get back in there.

Good morning.

A morning for the angels.

- A morning for jailbirds to stay in.

- What's for breakfast?

Lovely, lovely.

Really lovely.

Beautifully lovely.

Good morning.

Morning.

- Did you sleep well?

- Fair, thank you.

That's good.

Your adenoids trouble you, don't they?

Perhaps I shouldn't mention it...

...but I've never heard such

magnificent snoring in my life.

Yes, isn't it awful?

They're as big as your fist.

I'll be obliged if you patch things up

with your mother today.

I'll go right home as soon

as I get things straightened up.

I intend to be at work

within the half-hour.

Please get dressed and leave,

without slamming the door.

But, your breakfast...

I'll have it ready in a jiffy.

If you don't mind, I'd prefer to...

Hello, is Mr. Yates there?

He's left the house?

Where to? Do you know?

This is Miss Shelley again.

Did you tell him I phoned last night?

No.

No, thanks.

Mother.

- What is this?

- Don't get alarmed.

Why did you stay out all night?

Where did you get these?

- Why didn't you phone me?

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Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two siblings after World War II. In 1976, a popular miniseries was made into a highly popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely. more…

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