Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Tom Kennedy: Gahagan
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Quotes
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Torchy Blane : Step aside, Gahagan, and let the lady in.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Now, quit kiddin' Torchy. You ain't no lady. You're a reporter. And I just got orders to throw you out.
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Torchy Blane : Now, listen, you go in and tell that big lug...
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : I ain't gonna tell that big lug nothin' - I mean, Steve. Now, scram!
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Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Now, Torchy, you stop bumpin' my stomach.
Torchy Blane : You ought to start redoing Gahagan. That thing's in everybody's way.
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Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Take him down to the Station House and book him on suspicion until I have a chance the analyze these drinks.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Oh, I feel I could animalize those drinks me-self. Well, that's better Scotch than they sell at Moriarty's. Well, it's a shame to turn those drinks over to a shemist.
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Detective Sergeant Gahagan : [picks up a drink] I feel a poem comin' on: Scotch and Soda, I adore ye, I could drink ye, Till ye floor me.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Put that down.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : But to temptation, I won't yield, Because I might maybe, Lose my shield.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Yeah and you might maybe lose your life; because, there might maybe be poison in there.
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Senator Baldwin : Who is she? A burglar you know?
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : No. She's a newspaper woman.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Well, it's practically the same thing!
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Senator Baldwin : This, Lieutenant, is my Jade Room. I keep my treasures here. They're priceless. The most valuable collection in America.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Gee, this reminds me of a swell Chop Suey joint. I was in one in Chicago with a blonde and a honey.
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Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Huh! That ain't no Chinaman at all. It's Torchy!
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Detective Sergeant Gahagan : This is certainly a fascinatiin' case. I could write a poem about it.
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride : Well, it's not that fascinating.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan : Oh, yes it is. Listen to this: This is a fascinatin' case, Steve will solve with ease, We'll prove to Captain McTavish, they ain't so clever, these Chinese.