Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
Chester Morris: Boston Blackie
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Quotes
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Cecelia Bradley : Who are you, or who do you think you are ?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : At the moment, I'm a fugitive from an autopsy.
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Insp. Farraday : I couldn't find your name on the passenger list.
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : No, no, I'm using my maiden name.
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Cecelia Bradley : Are you alright ?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Yes, I'm still unperforated.
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Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : I've never committed crime of violence, but I'm getting the urge.
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Insp. Farraday : Where have you been "
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Trying to keep myself out of the electric chair.
Insp. Farraday : No luck, huh ?
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Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : [Blackie talking to Farrada] You'll be pounding the beat so far out of town you'll have to send smoke signals to report in.,
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Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : I think the lady needs a friend, and we're the friendly type.
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Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : If we don't find Miss Howard he may be able to convict us of a murder we didn't commit. Electrocutuion is so permanent.
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Cecelia Bradley : You thrive on this sort of excitement, don't you?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Well, it's better than vegetating.
Cecelia Bradley : Couldn't anyone ever make you live like other people do?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : You mean a normal life with a social security number and a bank book?
[Chuckles]
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : I'm afraid not.
Cecelia Bradley : Not anyone?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Unh-unh.
Cecelia Bradley : Why?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Because she'd probably want to wait up for me nights with a light burning in the window.
Cecelia Bradley : Is that bad?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Yes. I'm not in the habit of entering a house until all the lights are out.
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Cecelia Bradley : Why do those men want to kill you?
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : I don't think they like me.
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Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : Your freaks are running amok. You oughta feed 'em more often.
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Marilyn Howard : Please believe me, I'm telling you the truth
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black : I could use a bit of the truth.