Walter Matthau credited as playing...
Nat Moyer
- Midge: You made it up. You made it all up.
- Nat Moyer: Of course.
- Midge: Conned your own kid.
- Nat Moyer: Go back to sleep.
- Midge: That's a sin!
- Nat Moyer: I did it to save a life: mine.
- Midge: You're not a nice guy. I'm ashamed I even sung a song with you.
- Nat Moyer: You don't understand. Nursing homes were dancing in her head. Desperate measures were required.
- Nat Moyer: All right, let's see now. We got three possibilities. We got, uh, exile in Great Neck, Devil's Island and kindergarten. All rejected. And now if you'll excuse me, I'm a very busy person.
- Nat Moyer: The proper response to the outrages is still be to be outraged. To be outraged!
- Clara Gelber: Forgive me, father! I'm not on the barricades anymore. I-I haven't been imprisoned for ten years, I'm obviously worthless. If you were talking to me in jail right now, you'd be overjoyed.
- Nat Moyer: Not overjoyed. Pleased maybe.
- Clara Gelber: [cracks up laughing] Why the hell I am I laughing?