Philip Marlowe:
It was a nice little front yard. Cozy, okay for the average family. Only you'd need a compass to go to the mailbox. The house was all right, too, but it wasn't as big as Buckingham Palace.
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
Philip Marlowe:
My throat felt sore, but the fingers feeling it didn't feel anything. They were just a bunch of bananas that looked like fingers.
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
Philip Marlowe:
Now this is beginning to make sense, in a screwy sort of a way. I get dragged in and get money shoved at me. I get pushed out and get money shoved at me. Everybody pushes me in, everybody pushes me out. Nobody wants me to DO anything. Okay, put a check in the mail. I cost a lot not to do anything. I get restless. Throw in a trip to Mexico.
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
Philip Marlowe:
She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her a drink. She was a gal who'd take a drink, if she had to knock you down to get the bottle.
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
Philip Marlowe:
What were you saying?
Dr. Sonderborg: I made no remark.
Philip Marlowe: Remarks want you to make them. They got their tongues hanging out waiting to be said.
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
Dr. Sonderborg: I made no remark.
Philip Marlowe: Remarks want you to make them. They got their tongues hanging out waiting to be said.
--Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet
Rocky Mulloy:
[door opens] Fletcher apartment?
Alice Fletcher: I don't need any brushes, but come on in.
Rocky Mulloy: Mrs. Fletcher?
Alice Fletcher: Yes.
Rocky Mulloy: I'd like to see your husband.
Alice Fletcher: Well, that's not very flattering. Would you like some coffee?
Rocky Mulloy: Oh, a second cup never hurt anybody.
--Dick Powell (as ) in Cry Danger
Alice Fletcher: I don't need any brushes, but come on in.
Rocky Mulloy: Mrs. Fletcher?
Alice Fletcher: Yes.
Rocky Mulloy: I'd like to see your husband.
Alice Fletcher: Well, that's not very flattering. Would you like some coffee?
Rocky Mulloy: Oh, a second cup never hurt anybody.
--Dick Powell (as ) in Cry Danger
Rocky Mulloy:
And do me a favor Castro, while I'm on the phone, try and jump me. I'd like nothing better thsn to give it to you in the belly.
--Dick Powell (as ) in Cry Danger
--Dick Powell (as ) in Cry Danger
Rocky Mulloy:
Say, you've got all my dough. How about some cab fare?
Detective Lt. Gus Cobb: What're you gonna pay me back with, some more of that hot money?
Rocky Mulloy: Maybe all of it.
Detective Lt. Gus Cobb: All right, there's 20. That's out of my own pocket. Remember, I've got a wife and a couple of kids.
Rocky Mulloy: I haven't met anybody lately who hasn't.
--Dick Powell (as ) in Cry Danger
Detective Lt. Gus Cobb: What're you gonna pay me back with, some more of that hot money?
Rocky Mulloy: Maybe all of it.
Detective Lt. Gus Cobb: All right, there's 20. That's out of my own pocket. Remember, I've got a wife and a couple of kids.
Rocky Mulloy: I haven't met anybody lately who hasn't.
--Dick Powell (as ) in Cry Danger
William 'Swanee' Swanson:
[Annoyed] Any show of mine has to stand on its own legs and not Julie Hampton's!
--Dick Powell (as William 'Swanee' Swanson) in Meet the People
--Dick Powell (as William 'Swanee' Swanson) in Meet the People
William 'Swanee' Swanson:
Yeah, I know where to reach you - back in 1912, under a ton a stale ideas.
--Dick Powell (as William 'Swanee' Swanson) in Meet the People
--Dick Powell (as William 'Swanee' Swanson) in Meet the People
