William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
Nick Charles:
Now how did you ever remember me?
Dorothy: Oh, you used to fascinate me. A real live detective. You used to tell me the most wonderful stories. Were they true?
Nick Charles: Probably not.
Dorothy: Oh, you used to fascinate me. A real live detective. You used to tell me the most wonderful stories. Were they true?
Nick Charles: Probably not.
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
Nick Charles:
Now my friends, if I may propose a little toast. Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Nora Charles: You give such charming parties, Mr. Charles.
Nick Charles: Thank you, Mrs. Charles.
Nora Charles: You give such charming parties, Mr. Charles.
Nick Charles: Thank you, Mrs. Charles.
Myrna Loy
(as Nora Charles)
Nick Charles:
Oh, it's all right, Joe. It's all right. It's my dog. And, uh, my wife.
Nora Charles: Well you might have mentioned me first on the billing.
Nora Charles: Well you might have mentioned me first on the billing.
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
Nick Charles:
The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
Nora Charles:
[after the doorbell rings on Christmas Eve] Who's that?
Nick Charles: It's probably Santa Claus.
Nick Charles: It's probably Santa Claus.
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
Myrna Loy
(as Nora Charles)
Nora Charles:
[to Asta, as Nick and Asta are going out on a case] If you let anything happen to him, you'll never wag that tail again.
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
Nora Charles:
All right! Go ahead! Go on! See if I care! But I thinks it's a dirty trick to bring me all the way to New York just to make a widow of me.
Nick Charles: You wouldn't be a widow long.
Nora Charles: You bet I wouldn't!
Nick Charles: Not with all your money...
Nick Charles: You wouldn't be a widow long.
Nora Charles: You bet I wouldn't!
Nick Charles: Not with all your money...
