M (1951)
Howard Da Silva: Inspector Carney
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Quotes
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Inspector Carney : I'm sorry, Mr. Mayor, I haven't got him yet.
The Mayor : Of course you haven't, you know why? You're not thinking this through! Now listen, take a tip, use this!
[points to head]
The Mayor : Put yourself in the killer's place, what would you do if you were a killer? Now you figure that out and you've got your man.
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Inspector Carney : Ordinarily you look for a dame or a bankbook, get a victim with known enemies, what do we got? Some missing shoes. What're we looking for? A man with a twisted mind. Could be anybody.
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Lt. Becker : I just washed out the last bum we picked up.
Inspector Carney : Maybe we should widen the field.
Lt. Becker : Bums don't sue for false arrest.
Inspector Carney : We keep on picking up bums and the guy we're looking for could be a professor, a storekeeper, maybe even a cop. We look for him in honky tonks and he might be on a golf course.
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Mother of murdered child : I can't believe it. I can't believe it, not my baby.
Father of murdered child : We read about those other children in the papers but, our baby...
Inspector Carney : It could be anyone's child, anyone's, NO one is safe.