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Unfinished Business with Kitty
Big Jim Colfax
If you do run onto her, let me know, will ya? After you're through with her, I'd like to have a word or two with Kitty myself. We got some unfinished business.
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Consequences of Deception and Unforeseen Love
Swede Andersen
Nobody can cheat me and get away with it.
Nick Adams
He wasn't a bad sort of fella...easy enough to get along with.
Lilly
Right then, I knew the boat had sailed and poor Ole had fallen in love with dynamite.
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Understanding Silence in Expression
Charleston
A girl don't write. That don't mean she's sick like you might think. Not necessarily.
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Unexpected Preferences in Conversation
Kitty
I thought you didn't like the Green Cat.
Reardon
Only when I'm not expected.
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A Dream of Escape and Opportunity
Kitty Collins
I hadn't seen him for a long time, but the minute I laid eyes on him, I knew. He was always looking at me. And it doesn't sound like very much, but he always carried a handkerchief I'd given him...I hated my life, only I wasn't strong enough to get away from it. All I could do was dream of some big payoff that would let me quit the whole racket. The Swede was my chance to make my dream come true. If I could only be alone with him for a few hours. But Colfax was always there. I thought it was hopeless. Then suddenly, my chance came.
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Unraveling Secrets of the Swede's Money
Jim Reardon
You don't know what the Swede did with the money or you wouldn't be here tearing his room to pieces. But maybe you do know things that put together with the things I know will tell me where the money is.
[to Dum Dum]
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Morning Greetings Between Reardon and Stella
Reardon
Good morning, Stella.
Stella
Good morning, dream boy.
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Unrequited Love and Its Complications
Sam Lubinsky
She was always in love with him...and I was always in love with her. It worked out fine for me, anyway.
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Mysterious Motives Behind a Killings
Jim Reardon
This isn't a two-for-a-nickel shooting. Two professional killers show up in a small town and put the blast on a filling station attendant. A nobody. There was no attempted robbery. They were out for only one thing. To kill him. Why?
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Concerns About Rain and Uncertainty
Blinky Franklin
If that guy don't call by 10:30, we better get started anyway. Yeah, each one steal his own heap ...I never was in a hat factory before... Gimme two cards. I'll take three. If this rain keeps us, they'll be mud up to the axles on them hick roads. How many miles of dirt road is it to the half-way house? I don't like anything about capers in the rain. Rain always gives me the creeps. I hate rain.
[car]
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Consequences of Violence and Its Impact
Sam Lubinsky
You're through...That hand will never be good again - not for fighting...It's a lucky thing. You aren't punchy yet. Now suppose it was your brains were scrambled instead of your hand.
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Discussion on Dinner and Expectations
Al
Everything we want's on the dinner. That the way you work it, huh? What do you do here nights?
[after learning that the dinner menu is unavailable until 6]
Max
They eat the dinner. They all come here and eat the big dinner.
Manager
That's right.
Al
You're a pretty bright boy, aren't ya??
Manager
Sure.
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Prioritizing Work Before Future Dealings
Big Jim Colfax
The job comes first. But afterwards, we'll have business together.
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Planning an Escape with Uncertainty
Blinky Franklin
Step on it, can't you get any more out of it than this? Looks like a good clean getaway. That's too bad you had to shoot that guy at the gate...Did it look like 200 G's to you? Most money I ever saw at once. Wonder if the others are plannin the same luck we are. They should be - they got away before we did. I guess the Swede made it all right. I seen him running for his heap and nobody was between him and it. Sure, he got away. Keep your eyes peeled for Polk Road. It's a left turn there, yeah. A left on Polk Road. We oughta be there in another five minutes. Hello, farmer.
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Late Night Errand for Colfax's Message
Kitty Collins
Colfax sent me to tell the others what had happened and that they would meet at the farmer's instead. I went to Blinky Franklin first, and then to Dum Dum. I saved the Swede till last. It was nearly two in the morning when I got there.
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Tension Among Characters in The Killers
Kitty
What'sa matter with you?...You're nervous. You're all in a sweat.
[To Big Jim]
Colfax
You keep your mouth shut if you don't want it slapped shut. You've been askin for it lately.
Swede
Hey!
Colfax
Any objections?
Swede
Yeah.
Dum Dum
Keep out of this, Swede. She's his girl.
Kitty
Mind your own business, Swede. I can take care of myself. You touch me and you won't live till morning.
[To Big Jim]
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Challenges of Taking Big Risks
Charleston
If it's as big as you claim, it's not gonna be any easy pickings. Nothin that big ever is.
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Life and Death in Uncertainty
Blinky
He shouldn't have hit you...
Doctor
Beats me. I don't know what keeps him going.
Reardon
Will he be able to talk anymore?
Doctor
He's dead now, except he's breathing.
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Disdain for Brutality in Fights
Swede
Do you like the fights?
Kitty
I'm afraid I've never seen one.
Swede
No kiddin'.
Kitty
I hate brutality, Mr. Andersen. The idea of two men beating each other to a pulp makes me ill.
Lilly
I saw all Swede's fights.
Kitty
How wonderful of you! I could never bear to see a man I really cared for being hurt.
[Kitty is called away, and slinks off]
Swede
She's beautiful.
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Betrayal Revealed Through Midnight Message
Jim Reardon
He (Dum Dum) said Kitty brought him word at midnight about the changed meeting place. The half-way house didn't burn down till nearly three in the morning. That meant Kitty had a partner. And who could it be but you.
[to Colfax]
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Beware the allure of tempting distractions
Charleston
Stop listening to those golden harps, Swede. They can land you into a lot of trouble.
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Planning a Confrontation with the Swede
Max
I'll tell ya what's gonna happen. We're gonna kill the Swede. You know big Swede that works over at that filling station?
Manager
You mean Pete Lunn?
Max
If that's what he calls himself. Comes in every night at six o'clock, don't he?
Manager
Yes, if he comes.
Al
We know all about that.
Manager
What are ya gonna kill him for? What did Pete Lunn ever do to you?
Max
He never had a chance to do anything to us. He never even seen us.
Al
He's only gonna see us once.
Manager
What are ya gonna kill him for?
Max
We're killin him for a friend.
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The Distant Bright Star Reflection
Charleston
You see that bright star in the center...brightest star in all the heavens. Only it's so far away, it don't seem like it.
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Consequences of Past Actions Catching Up
Jim Reardon
As soon as you could break away, you left him flat. I'd like to have known the old Kitty Collins. You were in the clear because no one knew you'd been with the Swede. You had nothing to fear from anyone. Too bad it had to catch up with you now.
[to Kitty]
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Avoiding Unwanted Information and Assistance
Swede
There's nothin I can do about it.
Nick
I could tell you what they look like.
Swede
I don't want to know what they're like. Thanks for comin'.
Nick
Don't you want me to go and see the police?
Swede
No. That wouldn't do any good.
Nick
Isn't there something I could do?
Swede
There ain't anything to do.
Nick
Couldn't you get out of town?
Swede
No. I'm through with all that runnin around.
Nick
Why do they wanna kill ya?
Swede
I did something wrong - once. Thanks for comin'.
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Life in a Confining Space
Charleston
For nearly two years, we weren't never more than eight and a half feet apart. That's how big the cell was.
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Miscommunication Leads to Unexpected Consequences
Swede
Swell idea you guys had. Leave me holdin the bag at the half-way house while you split up the dough, huh?...
Colfax
The half-way house burnt down last night. That's why we came here.
Swede
Somebody ought to have let me know.
Colfax
You were told, you're here.
Swede
Next time, play it straight.
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Symbolism of Harps in Irish Culture
Swede
You know what harps mean?
Charleston
Angels play em.
Swede
They mean Ireland. That's why they call them Mick's harps. Kitty's Irish. She give me this.
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Seeking Protection from Mr. Reardon
Kitty
Can you put me away, Mr. Reardon?
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Suspicion Surrounds Missing Money and Disappearing Girl
Jim Reardon
I think she knows where the money is...The Swede and some girl checked into an Atlantic City hotel the night of the holdup. Two days later, the girl took a powder. I've got an idea the dough went with her.
[to Dum Dum, about Kitty]
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Betrayal and Consequences in The Killers
Big Jim Colfax
If there's one thing I hate, it's a double-crossing dame...the Swede never had a chance, did he? Any one of the gang that ran onto him would have been sure to knock him off. You might say Kitty Collins signed his death warrant.
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Betrayal and Greed in The Killers
Jim Reardon
It was Kitty Collins and not the Swede that reaped the golden harvest...When the gang met to divvy up after the robbery, the Swede pulled a fast one and walked off with the whole take...That same night, he and Kitty were together in Atlantic City. She walked out on him a couple of days later. The money disappeared when she did.
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