Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Glenda Farrell: Torchy Blane
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Quotes
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Torchy Blane : Step aside, Gahagan, and let the lady in.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Now, quit kiddin' Torchy. You ain't no lady. You're a reporter. And I just got orders to throw you out.
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Let's go into the other room so I can think.
Torchy Blane : With what?
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Torchy Blane : [to Steve] What are you, a mouse or a detective?
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : I've got an idea.
Torchy Blane : Give it to me. I'll sew a button on it.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : What?
Torchy Blane : I said you'd better get working on it.
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Torchy Blane : Now, listen, you go in and tell that big lug...
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : I ain't gonna tell that big lug nothin' - I mean, Steve. Now, scram!
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Torchy Blane : Oh, gee, Skipper. Listen. Aren't you going to stop by the apartment for just a few minutes? I get awful lonesome.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Well, you can read the funny papers.
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Torchy Blane : What is it? What's the dope?
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Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Now, Torchy, you stop bumpin' my stomach.
Torchy Blane : You ought to start redoing Gahagan. That thing's in everybody's way.
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Torchy Blane : A guy had his head shot off in a car on East 62nd Street and Steve is trying to keep it out of the papers. Yeah. Hold a nice spot open for me on Page One. I'm gonna show that big palooka he can't get away with it.
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Torchy Blane : Steve, where's his head?
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : I don't know where his head is and I don't know who did it. And, once more, you're not going to gum things up by printing a line about this in the paper until I have a chance to find out.
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Torchy Blane : Hey, let go of me you big flat feet! You can't do this to me Steve McBride. You can't muzzle the press!
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : What were you doing out on that balcony?
Torchy Blane : Every time I see a balcony the Juliet comes out in me. But, I'm cured. You Romeos play too rough.
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Torchy Blane : What'd you do, bring your own suspects?
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : What do you mean?
Torchy Blane : Look.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Chinamen!
Torchy Blane : Yes, *oodles* of them.
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Torchy, what are you doin' wanderin' around a graveyard?
Torchy Blane : Oh, I'm a lost soul, Skipper, since you've been neglecting me.
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Will you stop being hysterical! What's the matter with you? These killings getting on your nerves?
Torchy Blane : Maybe yes. Maybe no. You know, there's an old Chinese proverb that says the goose observes more than the gander.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Yes and it's a wise goose that knows when not to stick her neck out.
Torchy Blane : Don't you worry about me. I can always duck.
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Now, what are you up to?
Torchy Blane : I'm not up to anything, Skipper. This has been an exciting night and speaking man to man, I'm a woman after all.
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Torchy Blane : Oh, Skipper. I'm dizzy.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : That's nothing new.
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Torchy you're a pal.
Torchy Blane : That's me. Always a pal.