The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Veronica Lake: Joyce Harwood
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Quotes
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Joyce Harwood : Well, don't you even say 'Good night'?
Johnny Morrison : It's "good-bye", and it's tough to say good-bye.
Joyce Harwood : Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison : Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.
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Johnny Morrison : [after being picked up] You oughta have more sense than to take chances with strangers like this.
Joyce Harwood : Funny, but practically all the people I know were strangers when I met them. I'm going to Malibu. Is that any use to you?
Johnny Morrison : What's in Malibu?
Joyce Harwood : Houses, people. I have some friends there.
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Joyce Harwood : [offering Johnny a lift as it rains heavily] Get in.
[Johnny hesitates]
Joyce Harwood : Well, you could get wetter if you lie down in the gutter.
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Joyce Harwood : [sitting with Johnny in a convertible in the hills overlooking Los Angeles] It takes a lot of lights to make a city, doesn't it?
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Johnny Morrison : I'm sorry, but nothing seems funny to me tonight. It all blows up in your face sometimes.
Joyce Harwood : What does?
Johnny Morrison : Whatever you're doing, whereever you're going.