Quotes from Murder, My Sweet (1944)

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Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe: Now this is beginning to make sense, in a screwy sort of a way. I get dragged in and get money shoved at me. I get pushed out and get money shoved at me. Everybody pushes me in, everybody pushes me out. Nobody wants me to DO anything. Okay, put a check in the mail. I cost a lot not to do anything. I get restless. Throw in a trip to Mexico.
- Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet (1944)

George Anderson
Philip Marlowe: She had more than a figure too. Not a beautiful face, but a good face. She had a face like a Sunday School picnic. You have any idea what kind of face that is, Nulty?
Detective Nulty: I wouldn't know.
- George Anderson (as Detective) in Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe: She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her a drink. She was a gal who'd take a drink, if she had to knock you down to get the bottle.
- Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe: What were you saying?
Dr. Sonderborg: I made no remark.
Philip Marlowe: Remarks want you to make them. They got their tongues hanging out waiting to be said.
- Dick Powell (as Philip Marlowe) in Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Mike Mazurki
[Moose has taken Marlowe to Florian's to look for Velma]
Philip Marlowe: I tried to picture him in love with somebody, but it didn't work.
Moose Malloy: They changed it a lot. There was a stage where she worked... and some booths... pink flowers was in the slatwork. She was cute as lace pants.
- Mike Mazurki (as Moose Malloy) in Murder, My Sweet (1944)

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