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Eddie Rice: [to Nina Martin] Keep your lights off and the motor running.
Eddie Rice: [to Nina Martin] Keep your lights off and the motor running.
The Crooked Way (1949) - Quotes - IMDb
The Crooked Way: War hero recovers from amnesia and is confronted by his criminal past.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Eddie Rice: [to Nina Martin] Keep your lights off and the motor running.
Eddie Rice: [to Nina Martin] Keep your lights off and the motor running.
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Lieutenant Brewster: You see, Miss Mansfield, we're dealing with killers, and a killer has only one destination: murder.
Lieutenant Brewster: You see, Miss Mansfield, we're dealing with killers, and a killer has only one destination: murder.
Destination Murder (1950) - Quotes - IMDb
Destination Murder: When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Lieutenant Brewster: You see, Miss Mansfield, we're dealing with killers, and a killer has only one destination: murder.
Lieutenant Brewster: You see, Miss Mansfield, we're dealing with killers, and a killer has only one destination: murder.
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Davy Gordon: Something's happened.
Gloria Price: Yes, I know.
Davy Gordon: Do you know?
Gloria Price: Sure. You kissed me.
Davy Gordon: Is that all?
Gloria Price: That's all I saw, and I was watching all the time.
Davy Gordon: Something's happened.
Gloria Price: Yes, I know.
Davy Gordon: Do you know?
Gloria Price: Sure. You kissed me.
Davy Gordon: Is that all?
Gloria Price: That's all I saw, and I was watching all the time.
Killer's Kiss (1955) - Quotes - IMDb
Killer's Kiss: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Jerry Jarrett. Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty ...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Davy Gordon: Something's happened.
Gloria Price: Yes, I know.
Davy Gordon: Do you know?
Gloria Price: Sure. You kissed me.
Davy Gordon: Is that all?
Gloria Price: That's all I saw, and I was watching all the time.
Davy Gordon: Something's happened.
Gloria Price: Yes, I know.
Davy Gordon: Do you know?
Gloria Price: Sure. You kissed me.
Davy Gordon: Is that all?
Gloria Price: That's all I saw, and I was watching all the time.
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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: 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.
The Long Goodbye (1973) - Quotes - IMDb
The Long Goodbye: Directed by Robert Altman. With Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell. Private eye Philip Marlowe helps friend Terry Lennox out of a jam and is implicated in...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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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: 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.
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Cathy Higgins: I came to New York from up state. I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels.
Cathy Higgins: I came to New York from up state. I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels.
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951) - Quotes - IMDb
Tomorrow Is Another Day: Directed by Felix E. Feist. With Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle, Ray Teal. An ex-convict and a woman fall in love, after she shoots her police Lt. boyfriend dead in ...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Cathy Higgins: I came to New York from up state. I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels.
Cathy Higgins: I came to New York from up state. I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels.
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Annie Laurie Starr: Bart, I've been kicked around all my life, and from now on, I'm gonna start kicking back.
Annie Laurie Starr: Bart, I've been kicked around all my life, and from now on, I'm gonna start kicking back.
Gun Crazy (1950) - Quotes - IMDb
Gun Crazy: Directed by Joseph H. Lewis. With Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky. Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Annie Laurie Starr: Bart, I've been kicked around all my life, and from now on, I'm gonna start kicking back.
Annie Laurie Starr: Bart, I've been kicked around all my life, and from now on, I'm gonna start kicking back.
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Darlene LaVonne: You drinkin' that stuff so early?
Delong: Listen, doll girl, when you drink as much as I do, you gotta start early.
Darlene LaVonne: You drinkin' that stuff so early?
Delong: Listen, doll girl, when you drink as much as I do, you gotta start early.
Cry Danger (1951) - Quotes - IMDb
Cry Danger: Directed by Robert Parrish, Dick Powell. With Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad. Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed i...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Darlene LaVonne: You drinkin' that stuff so early?
Delong: Listen, doll girl, when you drink as much as I do, you gotta start early.
Darlene LaVonne: You drinkin' that stuff so early?
Delong: Listen, doll girl, when you drink as much as I do, you gotta start early.
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Narrator: Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.
Narrator: Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.
The Naked City (1948) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 36m | Approved
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June 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Narrator: Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.
Narrator: Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.
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Susan: You murdered my husband.
Webb: So what? So I'm no good! Well, I'm no worse than anybody else! You work in a store, you knock down on the cash register. A big boss, the income tax. Ward heeler, you sell votes. A lawyer, take bribes. I was a cop... I used a gun.
Susan: You murdered my husband.
Webb: So what? So I'm no good! Well, I'm no worse than anybody else! You work in a store, you knock down on the cash register. A big boss, the income tax. Ward heeler, you sell votes. A lawyer, take bribes. I was a cop... I used a gun.
The Prowler (1951) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
1h 32m | Approved
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April 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Susan: You murdered my husband.
Webb: So what? So I'm no good! Well, I'm no worse than anybody else! You work in a store, you knock down on the cash register. A big boss, the income tax. Ward heeler, you sell votes. A lawyer, take bribes. I was a cop... I used a gun.
Susan: You murdered my husband.
Webb: So what? So I'm no good! Well, I'm no worse than anybody else! You work in a store, you knock down on the cash register. A big boss, the income tax. Ward heeler, you sell votes. A lawyer, take bribes. I was a cop... I used a gun.
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Annabella Smith: May I come home with you?
Richard Hannay: What's the idea?
Annabella Smith: Well, I'd like to.
Richard Hannay: Well, it's your funeral.
Annabella Smith: May I come home with you?
Richard Hannay: What's the idea?
Annabella Smith: Well, I'd like to.
Richard Hannay: Well, it's your funeral.
The 39 Steps (1935) - Quotes - IMDb
The 39 Steps: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle. A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed ...
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April 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Annabella Smith: May I come home with you?
Richard Hannay: What's the idea?
Annabella Smith: Well, I'd like to.
Richard Hannay: Well, it's your funeral.
Annabella Smith: May I come home with you?
Richard Hannay: What's the idea?
Annabella Smith: Well, I'd like to.
Richard Hannay: Well, it's your funeral.
Thieves' Highway (1949) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 34m | Approved
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April 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Quinlan: Come on, read my future for me.
Tanya: You haven't got any.
Quinlan: Hmm? What do you mean?
Tanya: Your future's all used up.
Quinlan: Come on, read my future for me.
Tanya: You haven't got any.
Quinlan: Hmm? What do you mean?
Tanya: Your future's all used up.
Touch of Evil (1958) - Quotes - IMDb
Touch of Evil: Directed by Orson Welles. With Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia. A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime fami...
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March 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Quinlan: Come on, read my future for me.
Tanya: You haven't got any.
Quinlan: Hmm? What do you mean?
Tanya: Your future's all used up.
Quinlan: Come on, read my future for me.
Tanya: You haven't got any.
Quinlan: Hmm? What do you mean?
Tanya: Your future's all used up.
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Velda: Do me a favor, will you? Keep away from the windows. Somebody might... blow you a kiss.
Velda: Do me a favor, will you? Keep away from the windows. Somebody might... blow you a kiss.
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 46m | Approved
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March 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Velda: Do me a favor, will you? Keep away from the windows. Somebody might... blow you a kiss.
Velda: Do me a favor, will you? Keep away from the windows. Somebody might... blow you a kiss.
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[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.
Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.
Walter Neff: I love you, too.
[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.
Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.
Walter Neff: I love you, too.
Double Indemnity (1944) ⭐ 8.3 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 47m | Approved
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March 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.
Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.
Walter Neff: I love you, too.
[last lines]
Walter Neff: Know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes? I'll tell ya. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close. Right across the desk from ya.
Barton Keyes: Closer than that, Walter.
Walter Neff: I love you, too.
Al Roberts: Money. You know what that is, the stuff you never have enough of. Little green things with George Washington's picture that men slave for, commit crimes for, die for.
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Detour (1945) - Quotes - IMDb
Detour: Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. With Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald. The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hit...
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November 26, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Al Roberts: Money. You know what that is, the stuff you never have enough of. Little green things with George Washington's picture that men slave for, commit crimes for, die for.
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Frank Bigelow: I want to report a murder.
Homicide Captain: Sit down. Where was this murder committed?
Frank Bigelow: San Francisco, last night.
Homicide Captain: Who was murdered?
Frank Bigelow: I was.
Frank Bigelow: I want to report a murder.
Homicide Captain: Sit down. Where was this murder committed?
Frank Bigelow: San Francisco, last night.
Homicide Captain: Who was murdered?
Frank Bigelow: I was.
D.O.A. (1949) ⭐ 7.2 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 23m | Approved
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November 20, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Frank Bigelow: I want to report a murder.
Homicide Captain: Sit down. Where was this murder committed?
Frank Bigelow: San Francisco, last night.
Homicide Captain: Who was murdered?
Frank Bigelow: I was.
Frank Bigelow: I want to report a murder.
Homicide Captain: Sit down. Where was this murder committed?
Frank Bigelow: San Francisco, last night.
Homicide Captain: Who was murdered?
Frank Bigelow: I was.