They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
William B. Davidson: Chief Insp. Ennis
Quotes
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Detective Phelan : All I ask is that you re-open the case and assign me.
Ennis : Reopen the case? Now get this, Phelan: Johnnie Bradfield murdered McGee, and it was Johnnie Bradfield who burned up on the highway this morning at 5:00 AM!
Detective Phelan : Now listen, Chief...
Ennis : Listen to who? The trouble with you, Phelan, is that ever since you railroaded the wrong guy to the hot seat, you been seein' things. You're screwy. Why don't you retire?
Detective Phelan : I'll tell you why. Because I'm not through.
Ennis : Oh, yes, you are but you don't know it.
Detective Phelan : I'll show you if I'm through.
Ennis : Yeah? How?
Detective Phelan : I'll prove that guy they brought in isn't Johnnie Bradfield.
Ennis : You will, huh?
Detective Phelan : Let me try. You're afraid to.
Ennis : Who, me?
Detective Phelan : Yes! You! For ten years you've been picking on me just because I made a mistake. Well, maybe this is YOUR mistake. Maybe if I prove it they'll put you on morgue detail like you did me. I'd love to see it!
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Ennis : So, a guy gets up out of his grave, sticks out his right hand just so you can make the pinch and prove that all the rest of us around here are dopes.
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Ennis : Yeah, I was at the fight tonight. You sure got a funny way of handling yourelf in there, left-handed like that with your right stuck out. That's the first thing one notices about a man - his stance more than his face. You know, a lot of people look alike. No two people ever stand just the same way.
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Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney : [getting his watch back from the police] You know, this watch means more to me than that diamond belt I won tonight,. Nice work.
Detective Phelan : It wasn't me. It was Brewster. They just sent me up with it.
Ennis : Yeah, you see Phelan's too busy down at the morgue trying to keep the stiffs from escaping to make a pinch. Heh. Isn't that right, Monty?
Detective Phelan : If you say so, Inspector, it must be right.
