Another Thin Man (1939)

Otto Kruger: Van Slack

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Quotes 

• Nick Charles : Now you know why I retired. Good luck.

  Van Slack : You're not walking out on me, are you?

  Nick Charles : I'm not walking out, I'm running out. Mind you, if there were any reasonable chance of me to help you, it would be different, but during this quiet little weekend in the country, my family's been threatened, I've had a knife thrown at me, I've been shot at, and I've been suspected of murder. From now on, this is your case. You can handle it. I'm going back to New York!

• Nick Charles : You didn't have a heavy set man with thick glasses watching Church?

  Van Slack : No.

  Nick Charles : No, I thought not. I'd never seen a country cop with a six thousand dollar coupé before.

• Van Slack : How long have you known Church?

  Smitty : Just since they sprung him.

  Van Slack : Didn't take you long to tie up with him, did it?

  Smitty : We weren't playing for keeps. I was only stoogin' for him.

  Van Slack : Stooging?

  Smitty : Oh, there are a lot of rackets where it's handy to have a girl around.

  Van Slack : Blackmail rackets?

  Smitty : I mean a lot of rackets - except murder.

• Van Slack : Where's Church?

  Smitty : I donno. He and Dum-Dum left here about eleven o'clock last night. I ain't seen or heard of him since.

• Smitty : Why, you big ape!

  Van Slack : What's the answer?

  'Diamond Back' Vogel : Her husband's a pal of mine. He's been hanging on the wall of state. You know how those guys get to worryin'. I've been sort of keepin' an eye on her for him.

  Smitty : So, that's what's been going on.

  'Diamond Back' Vogel : What do you think has been going on? You don't think I've been hanging around because I was nuts about you, do you?

  [to Van Slack] 

  'Diamond Back' Vogel : I hear Church is going away? For all I know this cluck might think she's going with him.