Some Like It Hot (1959)
Pat O'Brien: Detective Mulligan
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Quotes
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Mulligan : What happened here?
Little Bonaparte : [referring to Spats and his thugs] There was something in that cake that didn't agree with them.
Mulligan : My compliments to the chef. Nobody leaves this room until I get the recipe.
Little Bonaparte : You wanna make a federal case of it?
Mulligan : [grabs the speaker of Little Bonaparte's hearing aid] Yeah!
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Toothpick Charlie : Look, chief, I better blow 'cause if Columbo sees me, it's gonna be "Goodbye Charlie!"
Mulligan : Goodbye, Charlie.
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Spats Colombo : Hello, copper. What brings you to Miami?
Mulligan : Heard you "opera lovers" were having a convention, so I thought I'd better be around in case anybody decided to sing.
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Spats Colombo : [when his speakeasy is raided] What's the rap this time?
Mulligan : Embalming people with coffee - 86 proof.
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Mulligan : Alright Spats, services are over, lets go
Spats Colombo : Go where?
Mulligan : A little country club we run for retired bootleggers. I'm puttin your name up for membership
Spats Colombo : I dont join nothin'
Mulligan : Ahh... you'll like it there, I'll get the prison tailor to fit you with a pair of special spats - striped!
Spats Colombo : Big joke!
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[first lines]
Mulligan : All right, Charlie; that the joint?
Toothpick Charlie : Yes, sir.
Mulligan : Who runs it?
Toothpick Charlie : I already told you.
Mulligan : Refresh my memory.
Toothpick Charlie : Spats Columbo.
Mulligan : That's very refreshing; what's the password?
Toothpick Charlie : "I've come to Grandma's funeral." Here's your admission card.
[he gives Mulligan a mourning armband]
Mulligan : Thanks, Charlie.
Toothpick Charlie : Now if you want a ringside table, just tell 'em that you're one of the pallbearers.
Mulligan : OK, Charlie.
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Mulligan : You shave with your spats on?
Spats Colombo : I sleep with my spats on.
