Quotes from The Blue Dahlia (1946)

11 quotes
William Bendix
The 'wolf' at bar: Hey, you, that's my seat!
Buzz Wanchek: [with contempt] Go pick yourself an orchid!
- William Bendix (as Buzz Wanchek) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Matt McHugh
Buzz Wanchek: [sitting down at the bar with two friends] Bourbon straight with a bourbon chaser.
Johnny Morrison: Same.
George Copeland: Two separate glasses. Get it?
Bartender at Gus': Why wouldn't I get it?
- Matt McHugh (as Bartender at Gus's) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Veronica Lake
Joyce Harwood: [sitting with Johnny in a convertible in the hills overlooking Los Angeles] It takes a lot of lights to make a city, doesn't it?
- Veronica Lake (as Joyce Harwood) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Alan Ladd
Joyce Harwood: Well, don't you even say 'Good night'?
Johnny Morrison: It's good-bye, and it's tough to say good-bye.
Joyce Harwood: Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison: Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.
- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Alan Ladd
Eddie Harwood: Half the cops in L.A. are looking for you.
Johnny Morrison: Only half?
- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Howard Da Silva
Eddie Harwood: I know I've got lots of faults, but being in love with you isn't one of them, is it?
- Howard Da Silva (as Eddie Harwood) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Alan Ladd
Man recommending a motel: [walking into the cheap motel] Clean sheets every day they tell me.
Johnny Morrison: How often do they change the fleas?
- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Veronica Lake
Johnny Morrison: [after being picked up] You gotta have more sense than to take chances with strangers like this.
Joyce Harwood: It's funny but practically all the people were strangers when I met them. I'm going to Malibu. Is that any use to you?
Johnny Morrison: What's in Malibu?
Joyce Harwood: Houses, people. I have some friends there.
- Veronica Lake (as Joyce Harwood) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Alan Ladd
Johnny Morrison: [discovering his wife in close proximity to Harwood] You've got the wrong lipstick on, Mister.
- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Alan Ladd
Johnny Morrison: [to the partygoers] Seems I've lost my manners or would anyone here know the difference?
- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

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