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“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.”
― Double Indemnity
― Double Indemnity
“She grinned at me. 'You got types?'
'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.”
― The Thin Man
'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.”
― The Thin Man
“Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.”
― The Postman Always Rings Twice
― The Postman Always Rings Twice
“The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered”
― The Continental Op
― The Continental Op
“When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere.
Sam Spade”
― The Maltese Falcon
Sam Spade”
― The Maltese Falcon
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