(1) I’d like to see you again.
(2) Are you asking me for a date or an appointment?
(1) I don’t know.
(2) Well if you’re asking me for a date I should know your first name.
(1) Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
(1)Merry Christmas.
(2) Merry Christmas to you, officer.
(1)That obvious, huh?
(2)It’s practically stamped on your forehead.
I wouldn’t trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whisky in Ireland.
Oh, lookee here, the great jerk off case of 1953.
LYNN
I see Bud because I want to. I
see Bud because he can’t hide the
warmth he has inside him.
EXLEY
I’ll take your word for it.
LYNN
I see Bud because he makes me feel
like Lynn Bracken and not some
Veronica Lake look-alike who fucks
for money. I see him because he
doesn’t know how to disguise who
he is.
EXLEY
You cut to the heart of things,
don’t you? What about Lynn
Bracken? She going to be a hooker
all her life?
LYNN
I came out here with a dream.
That’s gone, but I settled for
reality.
Hold up your badge, so they’ll know you’re a policeman.
I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job.
Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.
(Lynn Bracken): Some men get the world. Others get hookers and a trip to Arizona.
-All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
-Now’s your chance. He died in the line of duty, didn’t he?
-Bud hates himself for what he did.
-I know how he feels.
-Edmund, you’re a political animal. You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach.
-You’re wrong, sir.
-I got a hot date.
-Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?
-I’d like to see you again.
-Are you asking me for a date or an appointment?
-I don’t know.
-Well, if you’re asking me for a date, I should know your first name.
-Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
-It’s best to stay away from the lad when his color is up.
-His color is always up.
-Then perhaps you’d do well to stay away from him altogether.
-The Night Owl case made you. Do you want to tear all that down.
-With a wrecking ball. You want to help me swing it?
-You’ll do as I say and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
-In technicolor, sir.
1) Best to stay away from a man when his blood is up.
2) His blood is always up.
1) Then maybe its best you stay away from him altogether.
1) Well look at what we have here…slut dressed like Lana Turner 2) Uh, Sir, that is Lana Turner
1.There’s blood on your shirt. Is that an integral part of your job? 2.Yeah. 1.Do you enjoy it? 2.When they deserve it. 1.Did they deserve it today? 2.I’m not sure.
Wendell, I’d like full and docile co-operation on every topic.
(1) I got a hot date. (2) Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?
(1)All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
(2)Now’s your chance. He died in the line of duty, didn’t he?
(1)There’s blood on your shirt. Is that an integral part of your job?
(2)Yeah.
(1)Do you enjoy it?
(2)When they deserve it.
(1)Did they deserve it today?
(2) I’m not sure.
(1)But you did it anyway.
(2)Yeah, just like the half dozen guys you screwed today.
(1)Well, actually, it was only two.
(1)We’ll do the town one night on me.
(2)I’ll bring my wallet just in case.
(1)You’ll do as I say, and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
(2) In technicolor, sir.
(1)You’re the first man in five years who didn’t tell me I look like Veronica Lake inside of a minute.
(2)You look better than Veronica Lake.
Bud White: The Night Owl case made you. Do you want to tear all that down?
Ed Exley: With a wrecking ball. You want to help me swing it?
Ed Exley: I heard you like to shoot dogs.
Ray Collins: Dogs got no reason to live.
Ed Exley: Why did you become a cop?
Jack Vincennes: I don’t remember.
Jack Vincennes:I’m the technical advisor. I teach Brett Chase how to walk and talk like a cop.
Jack’s Dancing Partner : Brett Chase doesn’t walk and talk like you.
Jack Vincennes : Well, that’s ’cause he’s the television version. America isn’t ready for the real me.
Jack Vincennes:Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings, Lieutenant?
Ed Exley: Rollo Tomasi.
Jack Vincennes: Is there more to that or am I supposed to guess?
Pierce Patchett: I use girls that look like movie stars. Sometimes I employ a plastic surgeon. When the work had been done, that’s when you saw us.
Bud White: That’s why her mother couldn’t I.D. her. Jesus fucking Christ.
Pierce Patchett: No, Mr. White. Pierce Morehouse Patchett.
Lynn Bracken: Some men get the world. Others get hookers and a trip to Arizona.
1) Jesus fucking Christ. 2)No Officer White, Pierce Morehouse Patchett.
A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still
a hooker, she just looks like Lana Turner
All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
America isn’t ready for the real me.
As a politician, he exceeds even myself.
Bud White is a mindless thug.
Bud White: I’d like to see you again.
Lynn Bracken: Are you asking me for a date or an appointment?
Bud White: I don’t know.
Lynn Bracken: Well if you’re asking me for a date I should know your first name.
Bud White: Forget I asked. It was a mistake.
Can your policman’s mentality group those contradictions?
Captain Dudley Smith: Don’t start tryin’ to do the right thing, boy-o. You haven’t the practice.
Captain Dudley Smith: I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job.
Captain Dudley Smith: You’ll do as I say, and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
Bud White: In technicolor, sir.
Come on, don’t try this ‘good cop, bad cop’ crap on me. I practically invented it.
Come to Los Angeles. The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and
inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty and the land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this and who knows…you could even be discovered. Become a movie star…or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles. It’s paradise on Earth. Ha ha ha ha. That’s what they tell you, anyway.
Crestview-2239.
Dick Stensland: We’ll do the town one night on me.
Bud White: I’ll bring my wallet just in case.
Do you follow my drift?
do you have a valediction, boyo?
Don’t start tryin’ to do the right thing, boy-o. You haven’t the practice.
Dudley Smith: Edmund, you’re a political animal. You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach.
Ed Exley: You’re wrong, sir.
Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
Ed Exley: Dudley, we’ve been over this.
Captain Dudley Smith: Yes or no, Edmund?
Ed Exley: No!
Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
Ed Exley: No.
Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some… lawyer…
Ed Exley: No.
Ed Exley: Bud hates himself for what he did.
Lynn Bracken: I know how he feels.
Excuse me, ma’am. Just the facts.
Gentlemen, just go out and get them. Use all necessary force.
Go back to Jersey, Sonny. This is the City of Angels and you haven’t got any wings.
Go back to Jersey, Sonny. This is the City of the Angels and you haven’t got any wings.
I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence
as a necessary adjunct to the job.
I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job.
I doubt you’ve ever taken a stupid breath. Don’t start now.
I doubt you’ve ever taken a stupid breath. Don’t start now.
I just came from the records room.
I’m not smart enough.
I’m talking about the gas chamber, and you haven’t even asked me what this is about. You’ve got a big guilty sign around your neck.
It may surprise some that an official would admit to making a mistake, but after due consideration, I am changing my position on the matter before the council.
Johnny Stompanato: You want an autograph? Write to MGM.
Ed Exley: Since when do two-bit hoods and hookers give out autographs?
Johnny Stompanato: What’d you say to me?
Ed Exley: LAPD. Sit down.
Lana Turner: Who in the hell do you think you are?
Jack Vincennes: Ed…
Ed Exley: Take a walk, honey, before I haul your ass downtown.
Johnny Stompanato: You are making a large mistake.
Lana Turner: Get away from our table.
Ed Exley: Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.
Johnny Stompanato: Hey!
Ed Exley: She just looks like Lana Turner.
Jack Vincennes: She is Lana Turner.
Ed Exley: What?
Jack Vincennes: She is Lana Turner.
Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.
Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.
Oh! Look at me now.
Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.
Our justice must be swift and merciless.
Reciprocity – the key to every relationship.
Rollo Tomasi’s the reason why I became a cop.
Rolo Tomassi
Smile…Smile…Smile.
Some men get the world, other men get ex hookers and a trip to Arizona.
Thanks for the push.
That IS Lana Turner.
Unless you came here to wipe my ass, I believe we’re through.
We all want something.
Welcome to Los Angeles, the city of the future.
Well, just don’t shoot me.
What do I get if I give you your balls back, you WAP cock sucker?
Why don’t you and I go someplace quiet cause I’d love to give you the low-down on Mitchum.
You say fuck a lot. You fuck for money.
You want an autograph? Write to MGM.
[ One of Lynn’s clients refuses to leave. Bud White flashes his badge. ]
Bud White: LAPD, shitbird. Get the fuck outta here or I’ll call your wife to come get you!
[Dick Stensland arrives with liquor for a party.]
Officer: What took you, Stensland?
Dick Stensland: My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress. He’s got his priorities all screwed up.
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