Louis Calhern credited as playing...
Alonzo D. Emmerich
- May Emmerich: Oh, Lon, when I think of all those awful people you come in contact with - downright criminals - I get scared.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Oh, there's nothing so different about them. After all, crime is only... a left-handed form of human endeavor.
- Angela Phinlay: What's the big idea standing there staring at me, Uncle Lon?
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Don't call me "Uncle Lon."
- Angela Phinlay: I thought you liked it.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Maybe I did... I don't any more.
- Angela Phinlay: I had the market send over some salt mackerel for you. I know how you love it for breakfast.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: [Looks at her approvingly] Some sweet kid.
- Police Commissioner Hardy: I am here to arrest you, Emmerich.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: May I ask what for?
- Police Commissioner Hardy: Complicty... in robbery and in murder
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: If I were you, Hardy, I'd think up a few more charges. You might be able to make one of them stand up if you get an imbecile jury... and the right judge.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: So, since I'm gonna' be busy with a lot of cases, I thought you might like to take a trip.
- Angela Phinlay: Where to?
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Oh, I don't know, the coast, Florida - anywhere you like.
- Angela Phinlay: Could I, uncle Lon? Anywhere? No foolin'?
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Yes, I think a change of scenery might be good for you.
- Angela Phinlay: Wait. You wait right here. I've got the most terrific idea!
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: [runs and grabs a magazine, shows it to him] Oh, Cuba... that's not a bad idea.
- Angela Phinlay: Imagine me on this beach here in my green bathing suit. Yipe! I almost bought a white one the other day but it wasn't quite extreme enough. I mean, don't get me wrong, if I really went in for the *extreme* extreme, I woulda' bought a French one. Run for your lives, girls, the fleet's in. Oh, uncle Lon, am I excited. Yipe!
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: What if I told you I've got a plan worked out to get it all? I'd tell them that I could fence the stuff myself, you see, promise them cash on delivery. Then when the time comes, I simply wouldn't have the cash, you understand? I'd tell them it'd take a few more days to raise it. I'm certain I could get them to leave the stuff with me while they're waiting.
- Bob Brannom: Go on.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Then I'd disappear. I'd take a plane to another country, to another life. The gold and platinum I could melt up and sell as bullion. And the rocks, sell them one a time. Be no hurry, it'd last a lifetime.
- Bob Brannom: How wrong can a guy be? Here I was worrying about your nerves, and you were dreaming up a double cross like this.
- Doc Riedenschneider: Take my word for it, Mr. Emmerich. This is a ripe plum ready to fall.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: My friend, according to the boys, all takes are easy; but as a lawyer, I make lots of money getting them out of jail.
- Angela Phinlay: What about my trip, Uncle Lon? Is it still on?
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Don't worry, baby. You'll have plenty of trips.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Well, how do we raise the money?
- Bob Brannom: Simple. Cobby.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Cobby?
- Bob Brannom: Believe me, he can dig it up without half trying.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Yes. But what do we tell him? Why would I need money?
- Bob Brannom: Leave it to me. Cobby wants to feel big. Here's his chance: advancing money for the great Alonzo P. Emmerich. Ah, he'll do it. He'll sweat, but he'll do it.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Well, what about my debtors? How many of them came through?
- Bob Brannom: Not a one.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: What's that?
- Bob Brannom: You want all the excuses? I've got some beauts.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: [on the phone] I've got over $100,000 standing out on my books. Come to my office tomorrow, I'll give you a list of the people that owe me. No, no, no. Use the method called for in each particular case and don't tell me anything about it. All I want is results.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: Cobby, here, will be glad to advance you anything you need. See that you have a place to stay. Hey, Cobby?
- Cobby: Well, you bet your life! And I got some fancy phone numbers for you too, Doc.
- Alonzo D. Emmerich: I'd go easy on that liquor if I were you.
- Bob Brannom: Half-drunk, I got better wits than most people. And more nerve.