1 | * Here's a nice little bit of GallowsHumor for you. |
2 | -->'''Lisa:''' The last thing Mrs. Thorwald would leave behind would be her wedding ring. Stella, do you ever leave yours at home?\ |
3 | '''Stella:''' The only way somebody would get that would be to chop off my - finger. Let's go down to the garden and find out what's buried there.\ |
4 | '''Lisa:''' Why not? I always wanted to meet Mrs. Thorwald. |
5 | ** Really, Stella is all about the dark/grim humor. |
6 | -->'''Stella:''' He'd better get that trunk out of there before it starts to leak...\ |
7 | (''Jeff spits out the drink he's just swallowed'') |
8 | * All of Jeff's nicknames for his neighbors, like calling the lonely lady Miss Lonelyhearts and the lady who dances [[MsFanservice in her bra and panties]] Miss Torso. |
9 | * "When two people love each other, they come together - WHAM - like two taxis on Broadway." Why thank you, Stella, for that ''charming'' description of what exactly love is. |
10 | * Jeff twice has to tell Lisa to shut up so he can finish a thought. What could've been rather harsh coming from anyone else is made hilarious by Jimmy Stewart. |
11 | * There's also something to be said for the tense, dark comedy of Jeff's frantic defense against Thorwald via BlindingCameraFlash. |
12 | * After Doyle gives Jeff and Lisa his reasons for doubting that Thorwald killed his wife: |
13 | -->'''Lisa:''' Jeff, you know if someone came in here, they wouldn't believe what they'd see.\ |
14 | '''Jeff:''' What?\ |
15 | '''Lisa:''' You and me with long faces, plunged into despair because we find out a man didn't kill his wife. We're two of the most frightening ghouls I've ever known. You'd think we could be a little bit happier that the poor woman is alive and well. Whatever happened to that old saying: 'Love thy neighbor'?\ |
16 | '''Jeff:''' You know, I think I'll start reviving that tomorrow. I'll begin with Miss Torso.\ |
17 | '''Lisa:''' Not if I have to move into an apartment across the way and do the Dance of the Seven Veils every hour. |
18 | * The final shot of the film: a reprise of the first, panning across the various apartments and over onto Jeff's face, eyes closed and relaxed. The camera then pans down to [[ShaggyDogStory show]] that ''both'' his legs are broken this time, on the same day he was supposed to get the cast-off. |
19 | * Jeff trying to eat his breakfast while Stella speculates about the details of the case: |
20 | -->'''Stella:''' Where do you suppose he cut her up? Of course; the bathtub! That's the only place he could wash away the blood. |
21 | * Stella telling Lisa it's unlikely a body is actually in the garden: |
22 | -->'''Stella:''' Unless he puts in standing on end which would be very original and not require the use of either a knife or a saw. My guess is she's scattered all over town. A leg in the East River...\ |
23 | '''Lisa:''' Stella, please! |
24 | ** This becomes something of a BrickJoke in the ending when one of the officers mentions that Thorwald "is ready to take us on a tour of the East River." |
25 | * Jeff and Doyle's SnarkToSnarkCombat: |
26 | -->'''Jeff:''' Do you want to solve this case or make me look foolish?\ |
27 | '''Doyle:''' Well, if possible, both. |
28 | * After Thorwald has been captured, one of the officers mentions that Thorwald stashed part of his wife's corpse in a hatbox. Doyle asks Stella if she wants to go look, but Stella insists that she doesn't "want any part of it," and then realizes that she accidentally made a pun. |
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