Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Sam Levene: Lieutenant Abrams
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Lieutenant Abrams : You know that jockey Golez, the one who was caught throwing the fourth race yesterday? He was shot.
Nora Charles : My, they're strict at this track!
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Lieutenant Abrams : [Reading the "laundry list" found in Whitey Barrow's pocket] Three bloomers, twenty-five kimonos, ten slips, five panties, fifteen chemises.
Nora Charles : Sounds like wash day at Vassar.
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Lieutenant Abrams : Well, doc?
Second Coroner : Shot.
Lieutenant Abrams : No kidding. I thought maybe he drowned.
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Nora Charles : Either I'm dreaming or I've lived through this before.
Lieutenant Abrams : Funny how I meet you at all my homicides.
Nick Charles : Well, we won't be at this one long.
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Lieutenant Abrams : What really worries me is that jockey.
Nick Charles : Yes. Still dead, huh?
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Lieutenant Abrams : Is this your gun?
Paul Clarke : No. No. It was Whitey's and it hasn't been fired.
Lieutenant Abrams : So it hasn't been fired? Then its usin' a new perfume! Burnt powder!
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Lieutenant Abrams : Mr. Stephens, could this by some queer coincidence be your list of out-of-town bets on that race?
'Link' Stephens : Keep swingin' Lieutenant.