William Tracy: Hotshot Charlie

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Terry Lee : Taking the flight away from us and giving it to Morrell - there must be some reason.

  Hotshot Charlie : I know a guy got this nose snipped off looking for reasons and when the party of the first part is Chopstick Joe, one can lose the other attachments including an eye.

• Terry Lee : Look at this.

  Hotshot Charlie : So help me, it's a cigarette - a Mandarin. They're plentiful out here.

  Terry Lee : I got it from the doctor and he claims to be fresh from the States.

  Hotshot Charlie : Ah, I don't follow you, dear boy.

  Terry Lee : Only old Chinese hands smoke Mandarins. Most white men can't stand 'em.

  Hotshot Charlie : Well, I've tried them in moments in moments of great poverty. You can get better smoke out of a wet carpet.

• [discovering Morell is eavesdropping, Terry and Hotshot supply false information to throw him off the scent] 

  Hotshot Charlie : Was I dumb enough?

  Terry Lee : Naturally. You're hired.

  Hotshot Charlie : We must play Little Theater again sometime.

• Hotshot Charlie : I yield to no one in my appreciation of Oriental art, but there is a small segment of my mind which I reserve for the well-being of Charles C. Charles - Hotshot Charlie to the multitudes - and at the moment I feel myself somewhat depressed about his future.

• Hotshot Charlie : We'd better get some help.

  Terry Lee : There's no time.

  Hotshot Charlie : There's a household full of thugs in there - a whole mob of them.

  Terry Lee : We'll have the element of surprise in our favor.

  Hotshot Charlie : I'd rather have a half dozen cops.