Mike Hammer (TV Series)

A Haze on the Lake (1959)

Darren McGavin: Mike Hammer

Quotes 

• Mike Hammer : What about your business partner. What's his name - Randall? What about him?... Well?

  Carl Kunard : Well, naturally as my associate, he would stand to profit rather considerably by my death, but Lloyd has no money problems. He's a rather wealthy man in his own right.

  Mike Hammer : Yeah, well with some guys, when it comes to money, enough is never enough.

• Carl Kunard : I didn't think it was still in fashion for young wives to knock off their middle-aged husbands.

  Mike Hammer : It's still being done in some counties.

• Carl Kunard : Now don't get me wrong, Hammer. I asked you to come up here to find out who wants to murder me and that's exactly what I want you to do, but I'm positive there's no need to suspect my wife, or Lloyd for that matter. I'd stake my life on either one of them.

  Mike Hammer : Well, you may be doing just that.

• Mike Hammer : [narrating]  Kunard added up to a regular joe. Maybe he wasn't playing it smart by refusing to offer up any suspects. I don't know, but I had to hand it to him. At least he wasn't like most of the squirrels who were usually ready to accuse everyone of mayhem - including their pet parakeet.

• [last lines] 

  Mike Hammer : He's all yours, Kunard - just the way you made him.