Edmond O'Brien: Johnny Midnight

Quotes 

• Sgt. Lupo Olivera : So you went to the funeral, so I thank you for reminding me I killed a man.

  Johnny Midnight : Now just a minute, Lupo. Remember me, Johnny Midnight? Now c'mon, amigo, turn off the deep freeze. Sure you're upset, but it was in the line of duty.

  Sgt. Lupo Olivera : Line of duty and self-defense. But that does mean I have to like it. Go on, Johnny, beat it. You annoy me.

  Johnny Midnight : Well, maybe that's good. If you want to blame yourself for something that wasn't your fault and take your aggressions out on me, go right ahead. I don't mind being your counter-irritant.

  Sgt. Lupo Olivera : How versatile can you get? A theater owner, a private eye, and now a psychoanalyst. Next time bring your couch.

• Sgt. Lupo Olivera : Let me set you straight, old man. A cop risks his life every time he pins on his badge. Not for glory, but because it's his job. When a hoodlum fires at me, I do what I was trained to do - I shoot back.

  Johnny Midnight : Lupo, that's enough.

  Sgt. Lupo Olivera : Your son was no good. He had a criminal record all the way back to juvenile delinquency. And this time, he came to within one inch of murder!

  Irene Warren : Stop it! Stop it! Johnny, make him stop it!

  Johnny Midnight : Shut up, Lupo, I mean it!

  Sgt. Lupo Olivera : Take him to see Sanchez in the hospital with his son's bullet in his arm. A little more to the right and it would've been in his heart. What was I supposed to do, huh? Stand still and do nothing while he put one through mine?

  Johnny Midnight : No more, amigo!

  Sgt. Lupo Olivera : I am sorry, Johnny. I lost my temper.

• Johnny Midnight : Sanchez! What are you doing here?

  Officer Sanchez : If I had two good arms you would not have gotten away with this, Mr. Midnight. If there are any questions, I'm gonna ask them - I'm the police officer here.

  Johnny Midnight : Oh, don't give me that. You've been unfrocked. You're no more a police officer than I am. Less - I got a private license, never been revoked.

  Officer Sanchez : It can be, unless you got a search warrant to be in this room.

  Johnny Midnight : Have you?

  Officer Sanchez : Don't push your luck, Mr. Midnight. I've got a gun.