The Long Goodbye
1973
(Repeated Line) Philip Marlowe: It's okay with me.
Roger Wade: Do you ever think about suicide, Marlboro? Philip Marlowe: Me, I don't believe in it.
Marty Augustine: Your friend was a murderer and a thief. Philip Marlowe: That's a lie. I know he didn't kill her. Marty Augustine: Let me tell you something else. It's a minor crime, to kill your wife. The major crime is that he stole my money. Your friend stole my money, and the penalty for that is capital punishment.
Philip Marlowe: Who were the three DiMaggio brothers? Terry Lennox: Vince, Don, and, uh, Joe? Philip Marlowe: Joltin' Joe, yeah.
(Augustine has found a $5000 bill in Marlowe's pocket) Marty Augustine: What's that? Philip Marlowe: A picture of James Madison. Marty Augustine: It's a $5000 bill. Philip Marlowe: I know. Marty Augustine: Where'd you get this? Philip Marlowe: A box of crackerjacks, came as a prize.
Philip Marlowe: Nobody cares but me. Terry Lennox: Well that's you, Marlowe. You'll never learn, you're a born loser. Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I even lost my cat.
Philip Marlowe: Excuse me, I don't see any Courry Brand cat food here. Supermarket Clerk: Some what? Philip Marlowe: Some Courry Brand cat -- Supermarket Clerk: Could you spell that? Philip Marlowe: Courry Brand, C-O-U-R-R -- Supermarket Clerk: Oh, we're all out of that. Why don't you get this. All this shit is the same anyways. Philip Marlowe: You don't happen to have a cat by any chance? Supermarket Clerk: What do I need a cat for, I've got a girl. Philip Marlowe: Ha, ha. He's got a girl, I got a cat.
Colony Guard: Oh. Hi, Mr Lennox. Say, you're up kinda late. Terry Lennox: Come on, lay it on me. Colony Guard: Okay. Let's see, I didn't -- Barbara Stanwyck, I've been working on Barbara Stanwyck. (As Barbara Stanwyck) 'I don't understand. I don't understand it at all. I've never understood it, Walter. I just don't understand why I don't understand it all. I don't -- Terry Lennox: Okay, just remember that and you'll be alright.
Roger Wade: I tell you what we're gonna do, Marlboro. You're gonna take that goddamn J.C. Penney tie off and we're gonna have an old fashioned man to man drinking party. Philip Marlowe: Well, that's okay but I'm not taking off the tie.
Roger Wade: What'll you have? Philip Marlowe: What are you drinking? Roger Wade: What I'm drinking is called Aquavit. Philip Marlowe: I'm drinking what you're drinking. Roger Wade: Well God bless you. I like to hear that. People these days go, "Oh, I want a little of this. Oh, and a little of that and a twist of lemmon." Balls!
Detective Green: Your name Marlowe? Philip Marlowe: No, my name is Sidney, uh, Jenkins. Detective Green: Come on inside, Marlowe, we want to talk to you.
(Marlowe is being interrogated. Green and Farmer watch from behind the mirror.) Detective Green: There he is, a real cutie pie. Lieutenant Farmer: He's a smartass. Detective Green: That's what I meant. Lieutenant Farmer: Why don't you learn to say what you mean?
Detective Dayton: Here he is, Lieutenant, a real cutie pie.
Detective Green: He's the cutie pie, you're the smartass, you little honky bastard.