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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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Eddie Harwood: Am I under suspicion?
Captain Hendrickson: I don't know. How do you feel about it?
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Johnny Morrison: [after being picked up] 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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Buzz Wanchek: [sitting down at the bar with two friends] Bourbon straight with a bourbon chaser.
Johnny Morrison: Same.
George Copeland: Two separate glasses. Get it?
Bartender at Gus': Why wouldn't I get it?
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Johnny Morrison: [to the partygoers] Seems I've lost my manners or would anyone here know the difference?
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The 'wolf' at bar: Hey, you, that's my seat!
Buzz Wanchek: [with contempt] Go pick yourself an orchid!
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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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'Dad' Newell: [examining Helen's body] Been dead for hours.
Mr. Hughes, assistant hotel manager: Suicide?
'Dad' Newell: Could be.
Mr. Hughes, assistant hotel manager: Better be!
'Dad' Newell: Unh-unh! Too much gun!
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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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Corelli, motel operator: You still want that room?
Johnny Morrison: [sarcastically] If you're sure nobody's dead in it?
Corelli, motel operator: [leading him to the room] Right back this way. You live in San Francisco?
Johnny Morrison: [laconically] Yeah, when I'm there.
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Eddie Harwood: Drink?
'Dad' Newell: Don't mind if I do but easy on the water.
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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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'Dad' Newell: Well, I guess I better be goin', Mr. Harwood.
Eddie Harwood: Wait a minute - you forgot your cigar.
'Dad' Newell: Oh.
Eddie Harwood: I think it's out.
Eddie Harwood: [he lights it] Cigars go out awful easy, don't they, Dad?
Eddie Harwood: [he blows out his lighter for emphasis] Good night.
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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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'Dad' Newell: Let me see. I seem to have misplaced your name for he moment.
Buzz Wanchek: Where were you keepin' it?
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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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Eddie Harwood: Half the cops in L.A. are looking for you.
Johnny Morrison: Only half?
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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.
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Johnny Morrison: [discovering his wife in close proximity to Harwood] You've got the wrong lipstick on, Mister.
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Joyce Harwood: [Joyce offers Johnny a lift in the rain] Get in.
[Johnny hesitates]
Joyce Harwood: Well, you could get wetter if you lie down in the gutter.
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Joyce Harwood: You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison: Every guy's seen you before, somewhere. The trick is to find you.
The Blue Dahlia Quotes
Extended Reading
