The Big Shakedown Quote

Mae LaRue: [Bursting in on Dutch and Lil in Dutch's office] I told you he was in!
[Sizing up the situation]

Mae LaRue: Hello, lover.

Dutch Barnes: [Straightening his tie nervously] Hello, Mae.

Lily 'Lil' Duran: Hello Mae? You bet he's in; he's in my hair.
[turning to Dutch]

Lily 'Lil' Duran: Why you double-crossing, two-timing slug. So that's why you want to send me to Europe, huh?

Dutch Barnes: Now wait a minute, honey, wait a minute.

Lily 'Lil' Duran: Oh, wait a minute - breezin' me off so you can play post office with this queen. What gutter'dja pick her out of?

Mae LaRue: [Doing a Mae West hand-on-hip hair fluff] I don't believe I know you.

Lily 'Lil' Duran: [Kicking her in the rump] Well how's this for an introduction?

Mae LaRue: Why I'll knock your head off and throw it right in...
[They start to wrestle]

Lily 'Lil' Duran: You and what army?
[They continue fighting and hair-pulling and yelling at each other. After thirty seconds or so, Dutch intervenes]

Dutch Barnes: [Pushing the women apart] Now listen, you two dames. What's the matter with ya?

Lefty: [to Slim] Get Jimmy.
[Lefty and Dutch go into the next room and close the door]

Dutch Barnes: [to Lefty] *There's* a couplea phone numbers for the ashcan

Movie: The Big Shakedown

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