Dame Trouble and Double-Barrelled Action
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Double dame trouble! Double-barrelled action!
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Framed and Blamed in a Love Triangle
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Tamed by a brunette - framed by a blonde - blamed by the cops!
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Memory of a Past Encounter
Johnny Morrison:
Last night when I made myself walk out on you, remember? I said every guy had seen you before. Somewhere.
Joyce Harwood:
I remember.
Johnny Morrison:
But the trick was to find you.
Joyce Harwood:
I remember that, too. Do you think I'd ever forget it?
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Confrontation Over Blackmail and Power Dynamics
Capt. Hendrickson:
How much did you up the ante on her when her husband came home? What did she threaten to do, get you fired? Or was she going to have Harwood's friends give you the treatment? Maybe she was going to blow a hole in you herself, only she wouldn't know how to handle that kind of a gun. All you had to do was grab it out of her hand. I guess even a very cheap blackmailer could do that.
Dad" Newell: [gunfire]
Cheap, huh? Sure, a cigar and a drink and a couple of dirty bucks. That's all it costs to buy me. That's what she thought. Found out a little different, didn't she? Maybe I could get tired of being pushed around by cops and hotel managers and ritzy dames in bungalows. Maybe I could cause a little something just for once. And if I do end up in the slab...
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A Conversation About Law Enforcement Attention
Eddie Harwood:
Half the cops in L.A. are looking for you.
Johnny Morrison:
Only half?
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Room Inquiry in San Francisco
Corelli:
You still want that room?
Johnny Morrison: [sarcastically]
If you're sure nobody's dead in it?
Corelli:
Right back this way. You live in San Francisco?
Johnny Morrison:
Yeah, when I'm there.
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Motel Recommendations and Flea Concerns
Man Recommending a Motel: [walking into the cheap motel]
Clean sheets every day they tell me.
Johnny Morrison:
How often do they change the fleas?
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The Challenge of Saying Goodbye
Joyce Harwood:
Well, don't you even say Good night'?
Johnny Morrison:
It's "good-bye", and it's tough to say good-bye.
Joyce Harwood:
Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison:
Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.
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Facing the Consequences of Choices
Johnny Morrison:
I'm sorry, but nothing seems funny to me tonight. It all blows up in your face sometimes.
Joyce Harwood:
What does?
Johnny Morrison:
Whatever you're doing, whereever you're going.
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Strangers and Choices in Unexpected Situations
Joyce Harwood: [offering Johnny a lift as it rains heavily]
Get in.
Joyce Harwood:
Well, you could get wetter if you lie down in the gutter.
Johnny Morrison:
You oughta have more sense than to take chances with strangers like this.
Joyce Harwood:
Funny, but practically all the people I know were strangers when I met them. I'm going to Malibu. Is that any use to you?
Johnny Morrison:
What's in Malibu?
Joyce Harwood:
Houses, people. I have some friends there.
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Complications and Choices in Life
Helen Morrison:
I take all the drinks I like, any time, any place. I go where I want to with anybody I want. I just happen to be that kind of a girl.
Leo:
Just don't get too complicated, Eddie. When a man gets too complicated, he's unhappy. And when he's unhappy, his luck runs out.
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Acknowledging Faults in Love
Eddie Harwood:
I know I've got lots of faults, but being in love with you isn't one of them, is it?
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The Illumination of a City
Joyce Harwood: [sitting with Johnny in a convertible in the hills overlooking Los Angeles]
It takes a lot of lights to make a city, doesn't it?
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Mistaken Identity in The Blue Dahlia
Johnny Morrison: [discovering his wife in close proximity to Eddie Harwood]
You've got the wrong lipstick on, Mister.
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Questioning Manners and Perception
Johnny Morrison: [to the partygoers]
Seems I've lost my manners or would anyone here know the difference?
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