Madame X
1966 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,674 VOTES · DIR. David Lowell Rich
Overview
A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men, eventually returning to the city of her downfall, where she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, she is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who is a public defender. Hoping to continue to protect her son, she refuses to give her real name and is known to the court as the defendant, "Madame X."
Dialogue Timeline — 1,153 lines
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00:02:04 Good morning, sir. Good morning, Cronyn.
00:04:56 You're consumed with jealousy, aren't you?
00:08:44 Well, it's about time you noticed.
00:11:13 just because your husband's a traveling man.
00:16:15 Darling, no one could possibly miss
00:19:04 Don't let anything stop you.
00:22:15 Did I?
00:26:39 Where are you going? To call the police.
00:29:25 Well, that sounds wonderful.
00:32:28 and enough money to carry you through till you get to Switzerland.
00:39:23 I've never loved anyone else. I never will.
00:47:10 I didn't believe it, but it's true?
00:50:18 There is something I must ask.
00:58:08 I had a beautiful tree once.
01:01:42 How about some ham and eggs?
01:06:36 Take it easy, honey
01:09:06 his arrest on another extortion charge
01:12:43 Well?
01:16:56 The prosecution on behalf of The People of the State of New York
01:19:43 Your Honor, victims of blackmail
01:21:59 You can't play both sides of the street... Order, order...
01:27:20 Raise your right hand. Place your left hand on the Bible.
01:32:05 or did, before he heard her story. Perhaps he wouldn't charge that now.
01:36:46 And when you have a child, get a little house.