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Have I done anything to hurt you

Beware, My Lovely

I don't know... I don't know... I don't know. Perhaps if we get a doctor...

Beware, My Lovely • 1952

Howard Wilton:

Mrs. Gordon... Mrs. Helen Gordon:
Yes? Howard Wilton:
Have I done anything to hurt you? Mrs. Helen Gordon:
No. Of course you haven't. Howard Wilton:
I'm glad. Because I wouldn't want to hurt you. But I might, you know. Mrs. Helen Gordon:
I don't believe that. You're just not feeling well, that's all. Howard Wilton:
[haltingly]
You don't know what it means... like I do... to find myself in the... middle of a room... the middle of a busy street... or in some house I'm working in. A thing like that happens, I wonder where I am... what I'm doing. And sometimes I'm... I'm looking down at someone... somebody that's been hurt. And they've been hurt very badly. And I wonder if *I've* done it, if what I'm looking at is real or, it's only in my mind. Then I begin to run. I hide. But I don't know what I'm hiding from. It's bad enough to hide, but... not to know what you're hiding from. There are days when I pick up a newspaper, and I see that somebody's been murdered. And I ask myself... could I have been there at that time? Could I have done this thing? Where was I yesterday? What causes these blank spaces? What causes them? Mrs. Helen Gordon:
[frightened]
I don't know... I don't know... I don't know. Perhaps if we get a doctor... [makes a run for the door to get away]

Full Transcript

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Mrs. Gordon?

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Yes?

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Have I done anything to hurt you?

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No, of course you haven't.

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I'm glad.

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Because I wouldn't want to hurt you.

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But I might, you know.

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I don't believe that.

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You're just not feeling well, that's all.

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You don't know what it means like I do...

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to find myself...

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in the middle of a room...

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or the middle of a busy street...

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or in some house I'm working in.

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When a thing like that happens...

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I wonder where I am...

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what I'm doing.

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And sometimes I'm... looking down at someone...

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somebody that's been hurt.

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They've been hurt very badly.

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And I wonder if I've done it...

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if what I'm looking at is real or...

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it's only in my mind.

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Then I begin to run.

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I hide.

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But I don't know what I'm hiding from.

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It's bad enough to hide, but...

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not to know what you're hiding from.

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There are days when I pick up a newspaper

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and I see that somebody's been murdered.

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And I ask myself...

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could I have been there at that time?

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Could I have done this thing?

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Where was I yesterday?

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What causes these blank spaces?

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What causes them?

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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Perhaps- perhaps if we get a doctor.

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I told you, I've had enough of doctors.

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Just tell me one thing-

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do you know what started things going wrong this morning?

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No, I don't.

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I remember something about a man being here.

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Was there a man here?

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Yes.

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What was his name?

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Mr. Armstrong. He rooms here.

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Oh, yes. I remember.

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He's the one who started it all.

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What do you mean?

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I was coming up the walk...

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there was a dog barking...

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and he was standing right here.

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He was laughing at me.

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He wasn't.

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Really, he wasn't.

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Oh, yes, he was, and you know he was.

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Howard, you're imagining things.

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No. He had a suitcase in his hand and his overcoat over his arm.

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Where are you going?

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To let him in, of course.

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He can't harm you. Please, Howard.

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All right.

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Where's the key?

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Wherever you put it, I suppose.

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I never lock the doors from the inside during the daytime.

Duration

186 seconds

Views

1,610

Timestamp in Movie

00:31:20

Uploaded

Oct 14, 2021

Genres

crime, drama, film-noir

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

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Movie Summary

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely war widow.

Actors

Howard Wilton

Mrs. Helen Gordon