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Mr SimmsYesYou don't wear contact lenses do youNo sirWith your untrammeled sight whom did you seeWell I saw somethingbut I couldn't say whoAll right What was the something you sawI couldn't sayYou
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Scent of a Woman

Of most any Baird student, sir

Mr. Trask:
Mr. Simms?Charlie Simms: Yes, sir.Mr. Trask:You don't wear contact lenses, do you?Charlie Simms:No.Mr. Trask:With your untrammeled sight, whom did you see?Charlie Simms:I s-saw something. I... Couldn't say who.Mr. Trask:All right, what was the "something" you saw?Charlie Simms: I Couldn't...Mr. Trask:You Couldn't say or you wouldn't say?Charlie Simms: I just Couldn't say.Mr. Trask: Couldn't wouldn't, shouldn't. Mr. Simms, you are exhausting my patience and you are making a mockery of these proceedings. I will give one last chance. The consequences of your response will be dire! By dire, Mr. Simms, I mean your future will be jeopardized permanently! Now for the last time, what did you see last Tuesday night outside my office?Charlie Simms: I saw somebody.Mr. Trask:"I saw somebody." Good. Did you see their size and shape?Charlie Simms:Yeah.Mr. Trask:And They were the size and shape of whom?Charlie Simms:They were the size and shape...Charlie Simms:of most any Baird student, sir

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Mr Simms
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Yes
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You don't wear contact lenses do you
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No sir
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With your untrammeled sight whom did you see
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Well I saw something
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but I couldn't say who
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All right What was the something you saw
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I couldn't say
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You couldn't or wouldn't say
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Well I just
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I just couldn't say
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Couldn't wouldn't shouldn't
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You're exhausting my patience and making a mockery of these proceedings
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I will give you one last chance
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The consequences of your response will be dire
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By dire I mean your future will be jeopardized permanently
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Now for the last time
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what did you see last Tuesday night outside my office
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I saw somebody
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I saw somebody Good
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Did you see their size and shape
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Yeah
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And they were the size and shape of whom
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They were the size and shape
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of most any Baird student sir
Available in 4 languages
Duration
111 seconds
Views
4,420
Timestamp in Movie
02:17:48
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2026
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Production
Universal Pictures,City Light Films

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Movie Summary

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

Actors

James Rebhorn
Mr. Trask
Chris O'Donnell
Charlie Simms
Philip Seymour Hoffman
George Willis