Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Rick Martin:
[to Amy] That trumpet's part of me. It's the best part. You almost made me forget that.
Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Rick Martin:
[to Amy] What a dope I was. I thought you were class, like a real high note you only hit once in a lifetime.
Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Rick Martin:
[to Amy] You're like those carnival joints I used to work in. Big flash on the outside, but on the inside nothing but filth.
Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Rick Martin:
I'm not going to be tied down to anybody or anything. From now on, I'm playing it my way.
Kirk Douglas
(as Rick Martin)
Lauren Bacall
(as Amy North)
Hoagy Carmichael
(as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby)
Attendant:
I'm afraid it's pneumonia. Think you oughtta get him to a hospital.
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Well, why didn't you send him to a hospital?
Attendant: We didn't have any authorization.
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: You got it now.
[takes pen and paper out; writes; hands paper to attendant]
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Get an ambulance; I'm taking him out of here. And call these numbers - tell 'em to get down here right away.
Attendant: [looking at paper] Mrs Martin - is that his wife?
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Yes.
Attendant: And the other one?
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: She's *not* his wife.
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Well, why didn't you send him to a hospital?
Attendant: We didn't have any authorization.
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: You got it now.
[takes pen and paper out; writes; hands paper to attendant]
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Get an ambulance; I'm taking him out of here. And call these numbers - tell 'em to get down here right away.
Attendant: [looking at paper] Mrs Martin - is that his wife?
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: Yes.
Attendant: And the other one?
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby: She's *not* his wife.