Little Caesar (1931)

Thomas E. Jackson: Sgt. Flaherty

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• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : Yeah, they'll have to build him a special noose to get that swelled head of his through.

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : This is your last chance, Rico. Are you coming out, or do you want to be carried out?

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : So somebody finally put one in you.

  Caesar Enrico Bandello : Yeah, but they just grazed me though.

  Sgt. Tom Flaherty : The old man will be glad to hear it. He takes such an interest in you.

  Caesar Enrico Bandello : You tell him the cops couldn't get me no other way, so they hired a couple of gunmen.

  Sgt. Tom Flaherty : If I wasn't on the force I'd have done the job cheap.

  Caesar Enrico Bandello : Did you ever stop to think what you'd look like with a lily in your hand?

  Sgt. Tom Flaherty : No, I never did.

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : Someone knocked off Alvin McClure over at the Bronze Peacock.

  Sam Vettori : McClure? No, that's terrible. Some guys are sure careless with the lead, all right. What a tough break for Arnie.

  Sgt. Tom Flaherty : It's gonna be a tough break for a lot of birds.

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : I've been in this game many years and I put the cuffs on a lot of mugs. Someday, you and I are gonna take a ride, Rico, and when we do, I'll have the cuffs on you too.

  Caesar Enrico Bandello : No buzzard like you will ever put any cuffs on Rico!

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : I'm gonna get that swell-headed mug if it's the last thing I ever do.

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : Round up that Palermo gang. I got enough on them to use a mile of rope. Shoot the cars right out, and above all, get Rico.

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : Put the cuffs on him.

  Sam Vettori : You ain't got nothing on me.

  Sgt. Tom Flaherty : Nothing but the bracelets.

• Caesar Enrico Bandello : You'll have to come and get me.

  Sgt. Tom Flaherty : You'd better be a nice boy, Rico, and come out.

  Caesar Enrico Bandello : You heard me! If you want me, come and get me!

• Sgt. Tom Flaherty : [taunting Rico on the phone]  Say, why didn't you come to Sam's neck-stretching party, Rico? It was a big success.

  Caesar Enrico Bandello : [enraged]  Funny guy, ain't ya Flaherty? Well, you ain't got much longer to laugh! I'm comin' after ya see, and I'm gonna put one in your dirty hide for every lyin' crack that you made about me in the papers, see? I'm gonna show ya who's gonna finish up in the gutter, I'll show ya!