Touch of Evil Quotes
Pete Menzies: You're a killer.
Hank Quinlan: Partly. I'm a cop.
Pete Menzies: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Drunk and crazy as you must have been when you strangled him. I guess you were somehow thinking of your wife, the way she was strangled.
Hank Quinlan: I'm always thinking of her, drunk or sober. What else is there to think about, except my job, my dirty job?
Pete Menzies: You didn't have to make it dirty.
Hank Quinlan: I don't call it dirty. Look at the record, our record, partner. Huh?
Pete Menzies: Sure, sure, sure.
Hank Quinlan: Well? All those convictions.
Hank Quinlan: Partly. I'm a cop.
Pete Menzies: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Drunk and crazy as you must have been when you strangled him. I guess you were somehow thinking of your wife, the way she was strangled.
Hank Quinlan: I'm always thinking of her, drunk or sober. What else is there to think about, except my job, my dirty job?
Pete Menzies: You didn't have to make it dirty.
Hank Quinlan: I don't call it dirty. Look at the record, our record, partner. Huh?
Pete Menzies: Sure, sure, sure.
Hank Quinlan: Well? All those convictions.
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Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas: This could be very bad for us.
Susan: For us?
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas: For Mexico, I mean.
Susan: For us?
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas: For Mexico, I mean.
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Schwartz: Intuition?
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas: Why not? Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches.
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas: Why not? Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches.
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Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : This could be very bad for us.
Susan : For us?
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : For Mexico, I mean.
Susan : For us?
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : For Mexico, I mean.
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Quinlan : Come on, read my future for me.
Tanya : You haven't got any.
Quinlan : Hmm? What do you mean?
Tanya : Your future's all used up.
Tanya : You haven't got any.
Quinlan : Hmm? What do you mean?
Tanya : Your future's all used up.
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Vargas : This isn't the real Mexico. You know that. All border towns bring out the worst in a country. I can just imagine your mother's face if she could see our honeymoon hotel.
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Vargas : Captain, you won't have any trouble with me.
Quinlan : You bet your sweet life I won't.
Quinlan : You bet your sweet life I won't.
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Vargas : How could you arrest me here? This is my country.
Quinlan : This is where you're gonna die.
Quinlan : This is where you're gonna die.
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Vargas : Listen, I'm no cop now. I'm a husband! What did you do with her? Where's my wife? My wife!
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Pete Menzies : You're a killer.
Hank Quinlan : Partly. I'm a cop.
Pete Menzies : Yeah, yeah, yeah. Drunk and crazy as you must have been when you strangled him. I guess you were somehow thinking of your wife, the way she was strangled.
Hank Quinlan : I'm always thinking of her, drunk or sober. What else is there to think about, except my job, my dirty job?
Pete Menzies : You didn't have to make it dirty.
Hank Quinlan : I don't call it dirty. Look at the record, our record, partner. Huh?
Pete Menzies : Sure, sure, sure.
Hank Quinlan : Well? All those convictions.
Hank Quinlan : Partly. I'm a cop.
Pete Menzies : Yeah, yeah, yeah. Drunk and crazy as you must have been when you strangled him. I guess you were somehow thinking of your wife, the way she was strangled.
Hank Quinlan : I'm always thinking of her, drunk or sober. What else is there to think about, except my job, my dirty job?
Pete Menzies : You didn't have to make it dirty.
Hank Quinlan : I don't call it dirty. Look at the record, our record, partner. Huh?
Pete Menzies : Sure, sure, sure.
Hank Quinlan : Well? All those convictions.
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Quinlan : I don't speak Mexican. Let's keep it in English, Vargas.
Vargas : That's all right with me. I'm sure he's just as unpleasant in any language.
Sanchez : Unpleasant? Strange. I've been told I have a very winning personality. The very best shoe clerk the store ever had.
Vargas : That's all right with me. I'm sure he's just as unpleasant in any language.
Sanchez : Unpleasant? Strange. I've been told I have a very winning personality. The very best shoe clerk the store ever had.
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Tanya : We're closed.
Quinlan : You've been cookin' at this hour?
Tanya : Just cleanin' up.
Quinlan : Have you forgotten your old friend, hmm?
Tanya : I told you we were closed.
Quinlan : I'm Hank Quinlan.
Tanya : I didn't recognize you. You should lay off those candy bars.
Quinlan : It's either the candy or the hooch. I must say, I wish it was your chili I was gettin' fat on. Anyway, you're sure lookin' good.
Tanya : You're a mess, honey.
Quinlan : Yeah. That pianola sure brings back memories.
Tanya : The customers go for it - it's so old, it's new. We got the television too. We run movies. What can I offer you?
Quinlan : You've been cookin' at this hour?
Tanya : Just cleanin' up.
Quinlan : Have you forgotten your old friend, hmm?
Tanya : I told you we were closed.
Quinlan : I'm Hank Quinlan.
Tanya : I didn't recognize you. You should lay off those candy bars.
Quinlan : It's either the candy or the hooch. I must say, I wish it was your chili I was gettin' fat on. Anyway, you're sure lookin' good.
Tanya : You're a mess, honey.
Quinlan : Yeah. That pianola sure brings back memories.
Tanya : The customers go for it - it's so old, it's new. We got the television too. We run movies. What can I offer you?
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[ Last lines ]
Tanya : Isn't somebody gonna come and take him away?
Schwartz : Yeah, in just a few minutes. You really liked him didn't you?
Tanya : The cop did... the one who killed him... he loved him.
Schwartz : Well, Hank was a great detective all right.
Tanya : And a lousy cop.
Schwartz : Is that all you have to say for him?
Tanya : He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?
Schwartz : Goodbye Tanya.
Tanya : Adiós.
Tanya : Isn't somebody gonna come and take him away?
Schwartz : Yeah, in just a few minutes. You really liked him didn't you?
Tanya : The cop did... the one who killed him... he loved him.
Schwartz : Well, Hank was a great detective all right.
Tanya : And a lousy cop.
Schwartz : Is that all you have to say for him?
Tanya : He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?
Schwartz : Goodbye Tanya.
Tanya : Adiós.
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Quinlan : [ leaving strip-club ] We're wasting our time here.
Dist. Atty. Adair : I wouldn't say that...
Dist. Atty. Adair : I wouldn't say that...
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Schwartz : Intuition?
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : Why not? Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches.
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : Why not? Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches.
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[ Quinlan fires a pistol at Vargas, not hitting him ]
Quinlan : That wasn't no miss, Vargas. That was just to turn you 'round, so I don't have to shoot you in the back. Unless you'd rather run for it.
Quinlan : That wasn't no miss, Vargas. That was just to turn you 'round, so I don't have to shoot you in the back. Unless you'd rather run for it.
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Quinlan : An old lady on Main Street last night picked up a shoe. The shoe had a foot in it. We're gonna make you pay for that mess.
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Dist. Atty. Adair : An hour ago, Rudy Linnekar had this town in his pocket.
Coroner : Now you could strain him through a sieve.
Coroner : Now you could strain him through a sieve.
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Susan : You know what's wrong with you, Mr Grandi? You've being seeing too many gangster movies. Mike may be spoiling some of your fun.
'Uncle' Joe Grandi : Mike?
Susan : My husband, yeah! And if you're trying to scare me into calling him off, let me tell you something Mr. Grandi. I may be scared, but he wont be.
'Uncle' Joe Grandi : Mike?
Susan : My husband, yeah! And if you're trying to scare me into calling him off, let me tell you something Mr. Grandi. I may be scared, but he wont be.
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Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : Susie, one of the longest borders on earth is right here between your country and mine. An open border. Fourteen hundred miles without a single machine gun in place. Yeah, I suppose that all sounds very corny to you.
Susan : I could love being corny, if my husband would only cooperate.
Susan : I could love being corny, if my husband would only cooperate.
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Sanchez : What are you trying to do?
Quinlan : We're trying to strap you to the electric chair, boy.
Quinlan : We're trying to strap you to the electric chair, boy.
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Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas : I'm saying more than that, Captain. You framed that boy. Framed him!
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