The Thin Man Quotes

Nora Charles: Take care of yourself

Nick Charles: Why, sure I will.

Nora Charles: Don't say it like that! Say it as if you meant it!

Nick Charles: Well, I do believe the little woman cares.

Nora Charles: I don't care! It's just that I'm used to you, that's all.

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Nora Charles: What's that man doing in my drawers?

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Reporter: Say listen, is he working on a case?

Nora Charles: Yes, he is.

Reporter: What case?

Nora Charles: A case of scotch. Pitch in and help him.

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Tommy: Say, I'm getting out of here.

Nick Charles: No, you stay here.

Tommy: If I stay, I know I'm gonna take a poke at him.

Nick Charles: Then I insist that you stay.

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[first lines]

Tanner: Your daughter's here, Mr. Wynant. Mr. Wynant! Mr. Wynant!

Clyde Wynant, the thin man: Haven't you got any more sense than to shout at me like that?

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[Last line, as Nick gapes at Nora knitting baby boots]

Nora Charles: And you call yourself a detective.

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[On the motley group of guests present]

Nora Charles: Oh, Nicky, I love you because you know such lovely people.

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[first lines]

Tanner: Your daughter's here, Mr. Wynant. Mr. Wynant! Mr. Wynant!

Clyde Wynant, the thin man: Haven't you got any more sense than to shout at me like that?

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[last lines]

Nora Charles: Nicky... Nicky, put Asta in here with me tonight.

Nick Charles: [chuckles] Oh, yeah?
[throws Asta in the other bunk]

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[On the motley group of guests present]

Nora Charles: Oh, Nicky, I love you because you know such lovely people.

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[the guests are finding their places to sit at the dinner table]

Mimi Jorgenson, the former Mrs. Wynant: I'm Mrs. Jorgenson!

Mrs. Jorgenson: Put it over there, sister. I was Mrs. Jorgenson before you were.

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Brogan: Well, cut off my legs and call me Shorty.

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Brogan: Well, cut off my legs and call me Shorty.

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Claire Porter aka Clara Peters: And I haven't killed a jockey in weeks - really.

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'Dancer', Lichee Club Owner: Have you ever been thrown out of a place, Mr. Charles?

Nick Charles: Let's see. How many was it up to yesterday, Mrs. Charles?

Nora Charles: Well, uh, how many places were you in, Mr. Charles?

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Lieutenant Abrams: You know that jockey Golez, the one who was caught throwing the fourth race yesterday? He was shot.

Nora Charles: My, they're strict at this track!

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Lieutenant John Guild: [Examining the over-sized clothes of a recently-discovered corpse] He must've weighed 250 pounds if he weighed an ounce.

Dr. Walton: [Handing Guild a cane] Here's something.

Lieutenant John Guild: Hmmm. Rubber tip. He must have been lame.

Dr. Walton: Who wouldn't be, carrying all that weight around?

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Lieutenant John Guild: You got a pistol permit?

Nick Charles: No.

Lieutenant John Guild: Ever heard of the Sullivan Act?

Nora Charles: Oh, that's all right, we're married.

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Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: A couple of weeks on this cider and I'll be a new man.

Nora Charles: I sort of like the old one.

Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: Why, darling, that's the nicest thing you've said to me since the time I got my head caught in that cuspidor at the Waldorf.

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Nick Charles: Come on, let's get something to eat. I'm thirsty.

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Nick Charles: Harold? We want to go someplace and get the taste of respectibility out of our mouths.

Harold: OK, Nick.

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Nick Charles: Hey, would you mind putting that gun away? My wife doesn't care, but I'm a very timid fellow.

Nora Charles: You idiot!

Nick Charles: [to the gunman] Alright, shoot! I mean, uh, what's on your mind?

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Nick Charles: How'd you like Grant's tomb?

Nora Charles: It's lovely. I'm having a copy made for you.

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Nick Charles: Now don't make a move or that dog will tear you to shreds.

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Nick Charles: Now how did you ever remember me?

Dorothy: Oh, you used to fascinate me. A real live detective. You used to tell me the most wonderful stories. Were they true?

Nick Charles: Probably not.

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Nick Charles: Now my friends, if I may propose a little toast. Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Nora Charles: You give such charming parties, Mr. Charles.

Nick Charles: Thank you, Mrs. Charles.

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Nick Charles: Oh, it's all right, Joe. It's all right. It's my dog. And, uh, my wife.

Nora Charles: Well you might have mentioned me first on the billing.

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Nick Charles: Say, how did you people happen to pop in here?

Lieutenant John Guild: We hear this is getting to be sort of a meeting place for the Wynant family, so we figured we'll stick around just in case the old boy himself should show up. Then we see this bird sneak in, we decide to come up. And lucky for you we did!

Nick Charles: Yes, I might not have been shot.

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Nick Charles: The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.

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Nick Charles: Who was that?

Nora Charles: Oh, you wouldn't know them, darling. They're respectable.

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