Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
Tom Kennedy: Gahagan
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Quotes
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Charles Gilbert : [after hearing Gahagan slurping his soup] How did you find your soup?
Gahagan : Oh, I just looked into the dish and there it was and it was swell.
Torchy Blane : Hmm. So, I heard.
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Gahagan : [about his betting system] Okay, I'll tell it to you, but yuh gotta keep mum.
Torchy Blane : I'll be very secree-tive.
Gahagan : I don't care about that, but yuh gotta keep it mum.
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Gahagan : [Introducing Torchy] This is Torchy Blane of the Herald, Lt. McBride's finance.
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Tom Brennan : Have a cigar.
Gahagan : Oh, thanks. "Colorado Cabaggio"
Tom Brennan : "Colorado Cubana"
Gahagan : Oh, yeah. My Greek ain't so hot. I'll smoke it a little later. Nothing like a good cigar. It reminds me of a poem I once wrote: "When your head is all a muddle, And noise is all ajar, And you got no one to cuddle, You'll get a joy in a cigar." Not bad!
Tom Brennan : Well, not good.
Gahagan : Yeah, but not bad.
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Marie - Gang Moll : You can't do this to me.
Gahagan : How can I do what I ain't doin'?
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Gahagan : Swell guy, that Brennan.
Steve McBride : What did he do kiss you?
Gahagan : Huh?
Police Captain McTavish : Say, where did you get that lipstick on your face?
Gahagan : Lipstick? It must've come from that dame that kissed me.
Steve McBride : Listen, Gahagan, when the Captain sends you on an important errand, you're not supposed to stop and play kissin' games.
Gahagan : I didn't stop. And, anyway, it wasn't me she thought she was kissin'.
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Gahagan : I'll tell you how it works. First, I concentrate. Sort of, go into a trance. Then I make me mind go blank.
Torchy Blane : That should be very easy.
Gahagan : Make my mind go blank? It's the easiest part of the system.
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Gahagan : Remember, keep my system to yourself. Only me and you and Steve know anything about it.
Torchy Blane : Did you let Steve in on it?
Gahagan : Oh, sure. But, you know Steve. I think the system is a little too much for his mental fatality.
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Tom Brennan : I'll smoke it later. Nothing like a good cigar after dinner.
Gahagan : That's right. Reminds me of a poem...
Tom Brennan : I heard it!
Gahagan : That's right. You did.
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Torchy Blane : Gahagan, a light begins to glimmer in the gloom.
Gahagan : What gloom glimmers where?
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Gahagan : Oh, Torchy!
Torchy Blane : What's the matter?
Gahagan : Oh, I feel a poem comin' on: "If my job I should lose, You can blame a dame, You can't blame booze, And I'll tell you where to put the blame, Upon the head of Torchy Blane."
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Gahagan : Gee, those Feds must be dumb dicks!
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Gahagan : [climbing over a gate] I feel that somthin' is gonna happen to my pants.