A Night at the Opera (1935)

Robert Emmett O'Connor: Police Sergeant Henderson

Quotes 

• Henderson : You live here all alone?

  Otis B. Driftwood : Yes. Just me and my memories. I'm practically a hermit.

  Henderson : Oh. A hermit. I notice the table's set for four.

  Otis B. Driftwood : That's nothing - my alarm clock is set for eight. That doesn't prove a thing.

• Henderson : Say! Now, how did those two beds get together?

  Otis B. Driftwood : Well, you know how those things are, they breed like rabbits.

• Henderson : What's a hermit doing with four beds?

  Otis B. Driftwood : Well, you see those first three beds?

  Henderson : Yes.

  Otis B. Driftwood : Last night, I counted five thousand sheep in those three beds, so I had to have another bed to sleep in. You wouldn't want me to sleep with the sheep, would you?

• Henderson : Say, what's that bed doing here?

  Otis B. Driftwood : I don't see it doing anything.

• Otis B. Driftwood : That's the fire escape. And, uh... that's a table, and this is a room, and there's the door leading out, and I wish you'd use it, I... I vant to be alone!

  Henderson : You'll be alone when I throw you in jail!

  Otis B. Driftwood : Isn't there a song like that, Henderson?

• Henderson : The last time I was in this room there were four beds here.

  Otis B. Driftwood : Please! I'm not interested in your private life, Henderson.

• Henderson : Am I crazy or are there only two beds in here?

  Otis B. Driftwood : Now which question do you want me to answer first, Henderson?

• Henderson : Hey, who were you talking to?

  Otis B. Driftwood : I was talking to myself, and there's nothing you can do about it. I've had three of the best doctors in the East.

• Herbert Gottlieb : All right, only quick. Quick, what do you want?

  Otis B. Driftwood : First, call off that police dogs.

  Henderson : Huh?

  Herbert Gottlieb : All right, anything. Anything!

  Henderson : Just a minute, these men are in this country under false pretenses and I'm going to to do my duty.

  Herbert Gottlieb : I'll be responsible for them. Besides, they came over here with Mr. Driftwood and Mr. Driftwood is an employee of the opera company.

• Henderson : I note the table is set for four.

  Otis B. Driftwood : That's nothing. My alarm clock is set for eight. That doesn't prove a thing.