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In Cold Blood (1967) More at IMDbPro »

Perry: It doesn't make sense. I mean what happened. It had nothing to do with the Clutters. They never hurt me. They just happened to be there. I thought Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman... I thought so right up to the time I cut his throat.

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Perry: I'd like to apologize, but who to.

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Perry: It's true! Really true! We're on our way and never coming back. Never! And no regrets.
Dick: For you. You're leaving nothing. What about my old man... and my mother? They'll still be there when my checks start bouncing.
Perry: It's nice the way you think about your folks.
Dick: Yeah! I'm a real thoughtful bastard.

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Perry: When you hit the end of the rope... your muscles lose control. I'm afraid I'll mess myself.
Prison Guard: It's nothing to be ashamed of. They all do it.

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Dick: [to Perry, just after arrest] Hey, Buddy, put in a call for that big, ol' Yellow Bird!

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Dick: Did you ever hang any paper?
Perry: I couldn't cash a check, even if it was good!

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[first lines]
Little girl on bus: 'Scuse me.

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Alvin Dewey: Someday, somebody will explain to me the motive of a newspaper. First, you scream, "Find the bastards." Till we find them, you want to get us fired. When we find them, you accuse us of brutality. Before we go into court, you give them a trial by newspaper. When we finally get a conviction, you want to save them by proving they were crazy in the first place.

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Reporter: They say Nancy's boyfriend is the prime suspect.
Alvin Dewey: Is that what they say?
Reporter: Well, he was the last one to see them alive.
Alvin Dewey: Except for the killers.

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Dick: [to Perry] I'm SICK of it, maps, buried treasure, ALL OF IT! So ship it, burn it, get RID of that ton and a half of garbage! There AIN'T no buried treasure, and even if there WAS, boy, hell, you can't even swim!

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Perry: I despise people who can't control themselves.

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Herbert Clutter: Why do you boys want to do this?
Dick: Shut up!

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Perry: Do you have any aspirin? They took my aspirin away.
Alvin Dewey: Fellin' bad?
Perry: My legs do.

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Dick: Did you see those guys? They coulda robbed us!
Perry: What of?

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Perry: That was stupid - stealin' a lousy pack of razor blades! To prove what?
Dick: It's the national pasttime, baby, stealin' and cheatin'. If they ever count every cheatin' wife and tax chiseler, the whole country would be behind prison walls.

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Dick: Next move... Mexico. Once we beat it out of the country.
Perry: On what? $43 and a smile and bullshit.
[First use of the word 'bullshit' in a Hollywood film]
Dick: You guessed it, chief. It's the smile that does it. Like it says in the commercials, the family that sticks together lives forever.

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Perry: [to himself, looking in a bathroom mirror] Stick 'em up!
Perry: Hey, buddy!
Perry: [realizing he's being watched] How long you been standin' there?
Dick: Long enough to catch your late late show.

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Dick: I don't know gold dust from diarrhea!

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Perry: [quoting his father] Look at me boy! Take a good look! Cause I'm the last living thing you're ever gonna see!

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Reporter: I see, the hangman's ready. What's his name?
Alvin Dewey: We the People.

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