Private Detective Quotes

Chief Painter: Well, it may be a case to you, but it's all goulash to me!

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Michael Shayne: What do I get paid off in?
Larry Kincaid: Nice pictures of Washington and Lincoln with numbers on them - big numbers!

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Phyllis Brighton: [as Shayne returns to the mansion after being knocked unconscious] What happened to you?
Michael Shayne: I tore my pants.
Phyllis Brighton: Your head! What'd you do to it?
Michael Shayne: It was open by mistake.

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[Diamond is offered a percentage of the diamonds' value he recovers in lieu of his usual fee]
Richard Diamond: [narrating] Now it doesn't take a genius or a UNIVAC to figure the percentage - ten grand fro recovering a few baubles. Well, I'm not mercenary, but I figured the government could use the tax money.

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