The Big Steal (1949)
Jane Greer: Joan Graham
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Quotes
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Lt. Duke Halliday : [running out of bullets] It'll be getting dark soon. I hate the thought of spending the night with an empty revolver.
Joan Graham : There's always me.
Lt. Duke Halliday : Tonight you gotta pick?
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Lt. Duke Halliday : [about the policeman] Come on! Get this guy out of my neck.
Joan Graham : Get him off yourself, you speak Spanish.
Lt. Ruiz : [in Spanish] Miss, do you know this man?
Joan Graham : [in Spanish] I've never seen him before.
Lt. Duke Halliday : What did you say to him?
Joan Graham : I've told him that we're complete strangers.
Lt. Duke Halliday : [in Spanish to the police officer] No, no. This is my woman... my wife.
Joan Graham : Wait a minute!
Lt. Ruiz : [in Spanish] Then both of you come to the Inspector General office.
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Lt. Duke Halliday : Where's Fiske?
Joan Graham : Taking the parrot for a walk.
Lt. Duke Halliday : You wouldn't be his wife, would you?
Joan Graham : No, I wouldn't!
Lt. Duke Halliday : Mmm-hmm!
Joan Graham : [taking offense] I don't like the 'Mmm-hmm.' I'm not his wife!
Lt. Duke Halliday : If you were, I wouldn't be saying 'Mmm-hmm!'
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Joan Graham : ...I gave Jim $2000. I thought it was a fortune.
Lt. Duke Halliday : Don't tell me he clipped you?
Joan Graham : He called it 'borrowing.'
Lt. Duke Halliday : No security?
Joan Graham : Unless you call a nice smile security.
Lt. Duke Halliday : That's all you got for your money?
Joan Graham : Certainly was.
Lt. Duke Halliday : [sarcastically] I'll tell you what, Chiquita, you believe me, and I'll believe you.
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Joan Graham : Stop calling me chiquita. You don't say that to girls you don't even know.
Lt. Duke Halliday : Where I learned Spanish you do.
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Joan Graham : One thing I can't figure out: you have a gun. Why didn't you use it?
Lt. Duke Halliday : In the Army they *hang* you for shooting captains.
Joan Graham : That's kind of a crazy notion.