Chinatown (1974)

Perry Lopez: Escobar

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• Lt. Escobar : How'd you get past the guard?

  Jake Gittes : Well, to tell you the truth, I lied a little.

• Lt. Escobar : You must really think I'm stupid, don't you, Gittes.

  Jake Gittes : I don't think about it that much, but gimme a day or two and I'll get back to yuh. Now I'd like to go home.

  Lt. Escobar : I want the other pictures, Gittes.

  Jake Gittes : What pictures?

  Lt. Escobar : THIS broad hired you, not Evelyn Mulwray.

  Jake Gittes : Yeah?

  Lt. Escobar : Yeah. Somebody wanted to shake Mulwray down; she hired you. That's how come you found out he was murdered.

  Jake Gittes : I heard it was an accident.

  Lt. Escobar : C'mon, Gittes. The hell d'you think you're dealing with? A bunch of assholes? Mulwray had salt water in his lungs. You were following him day and night; you SAW who killed him. You even took pictures of it. It was Evelyn Mulwray, and she's been payin' you off like a slot machine ever since.

  Jake Gittes : You accusin' me of extortion?

  Lt. Escobar : Absolutely!

  Jake Gittes : I don't think I need a day or two; you're dumber than you think I think y'are.

• Lt. Escobar : [pointing to a graffito on the wall]  Isn't that your phone number?

  Jake Gittes : Is it? I forget. I don't call myself that often.

• [Evelyn Mulwray has just been killed] 

  Lt. Escobar : Go home, Jake. I'm doing you a favor!

• Jake Gittes : What the hell is going on here, Lou?

  Lt. Escobar : I don't know. What's going on? What's happening with you?

• Lt. Escobar : You look like you've done well by yourself.

  Jake Gittes : I get by.

  Lt. Escobar : Well, sometimes it takes a while for a man to find himself. Maybe you have.

  Loach : Yeah, goin' through other people's dirty linen.

  Jake Gittes : Yeah. Tell me. You still throw Chinamen into jail for spittin' on the laundry?

  Lt. Escobar : You're a little behind the times, Jake. They use steam irons now. And I'm out of Chinatown.