Terry and the Pirates (TV Series)
Chinese Coffin (1953)
William Tracy: Hotshot Charlie
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Quotes
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Hotshot Charlie : Wonder what kind of a run Chops has for us today.
Terry Lee : If he's up to par, it'll add up to low pay and high blood pressure.
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[reading Koo's obituary]
Terry Lee : Harrison Koo - King Midas himself!
Hotshot Charlie : So the old boy's finally grounded. Wonder what he looks like.
Chopstick Joe : A stiff countenance no doubt.
Terry Lee , Hotshot Charlie : Oh, no!
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Terry Lee : The note - that perfume...
Hotshot Charlie : What about it?
Terry Lee : There's only one person with perfume like that in the Orient.
Hotshot Charlie : The Dragon Lady!
Chopstick Joe : Oh, no. She wouldn't double-cross an old pal like Chopstick Joe.
Hotshot Charlie : Aw, she'd dice you up for a dime, fat boy.
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Terry Lee : Hotshot, old boy...
Hotshot Charlie : Terry, my lad...
Terry Lee : Dragon Lady.
Hotshot Charlie : Lu San.
Terry Lee : I'll take the high road.
Hotshot Charlie : And I'll take the low.
Chopstick Joe : And I'll take aspirin.
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Hotshot Charlie : [to himself] Hurry up, Terry. It's not that I'm scared, it's just that fright runs in my family. What a lovely spot for romance and adventure... what a night to run in dark alleys.
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Hotshot Charlie : Curiousity killed the cat.
Dragon Lady : And you both are exceedingly curious.
Terry Lee : Yeah, well, if we got go, there's one burning question...
Dragon Lady : Your American humor escapes me.
Hotshot Charlie : Note the coffin, note the contents. Sandbags!
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Dragon Lady : So where is the body?
Hotshot Charlie : You tell us.
Terry Lee : You don't think that we... Oh, hold on, D.L. We get mixed up in a lot of crazy things but body snatching is a little out of our line.
Hotshot Charlie : Unless it's five foot four, eyes of blue - and alive.
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Terry Lee : Tell the boys to point the artillery the other way.
Hotshot Charlie : Yeah, we're getting powder burns.
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Hotshot Charlie : You're on the spot, D.L.
Dragon Lady : Then it behooves me to move off the spot - and put someone else on it.
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Chopstick Joe : There you are flyboys - paid in full.
Terry Lee : I read in the paper where Harrison Koo's body was finally interred in the ancestral plot. Just thought you'd be interested.
Chopstick Joe : Very complicated plot I should say, but Air Cathay always delivers - coffins or coconuts, eh, boys?
Hotshot Charlie : The only other coffin we want to fly is yours.