Rendezvous (1935)

William Powell: Lieutenant Bill Gordon

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• Joel Carter : A wife's place is with her husband. When he's in Paris.

  Lieutenant Bill Gordon : Ah, but I'll be up at the front.

  Joel Carter : But you could come back over weekends.

  Lieutenant Bill Gordon : Or we could get the Germans to come right down to Paris, then I wouldn't have to leave you at all. No, darling, you can do just as much harm here as you could in Paris.

• de Segroff : [after Lieutenant Gordon has been shocked to see Joel bound and gagged and being used as a hostage]  As a soldier you realize that an emergency requires emergency methods.

  Lieutenant Bill Gordon : I don't know any emergency that requires warring on women. I thought there was a code of decency even in war.

  de Segroff : Unfortunately, Lieutenant, the situation is too acute for the usual amenities.