Nothing But the Truth (1941)

Leif Erickson: Van

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• Van : Do you think you're good-looking?

  Steve Bennett : Yes, in a manly sorta way...

  Van : You lose the bet!

  Steve Bennett : No, I don't lose. That's not a lie. That's an opinion. If I said YOU were good-looking - That'd be a lie.

• Van : Why if a man set out to tell the truth for a whole day, before nightfall someone'd kill him.

  Dick Donnelly : Sure. Why all the diplomats of Europe would have to quit if that were the case.

  Steve Bennett : [puzzled]  Is that bad?

• Van : Steven, what you said to mother, it was nothing. Nothing at all. Forget it.

  Gwen Saunders : But, Van, your own mother! An old paper bag!

  Mr. Van Dusen : I think it's outrageous. Bennett... I can't find words!

  Steve Bennett : That, sir, is the trouble with your editorials.

• Van : Did you ever steal anything?

  Steve Bennett : Yes.

  Dick Donnelly : What did you steal?

  Steve Bennett : I stole some money.

  T.T. Ralston : Where did you steal it?

  Steve Bennett : From a bank.

  Dick Donnelly : How much money was it?

  Steve Bennett : A half a dollar.

  T.T. Ralston : You stole a half a dollar from a bank?

  Steve Bennett : Yes.

  Van : What bank was it?

  Steve Bennett : My little brother's piggy bank.

  Dick Donnelly : So you stole a half a dollar from your little brother's piggy bank. Is that all?

  Steve Bennett : That's all that was in it.

• Dick Donnelly : [to Steve]  If you tell a lie when you're away from us, you must confess.

  Van : What do you mean away from us? I'm going to sleep with him.

  Steve Bennett : That's not part of the agreement.

• Van : How did you get in her room? We had your clothes!

  Steve Bennett : I was wearing Mrs. Ralston's dressing gown, the pink one, with feathers!.