The Missing Juror (1944)

Jim Bannon: Joe Keats

Quotes 

• Harry Wharton : Was I presumptuous to have let myself in?

  Sergeant Regan : Do you know this man?

  Alice Hill : Yes, this is Mr. Bentley. He's a customer of mine.

  Sergeant Regan : I'm sorry, Miss Hill. I saw him enter the apartment, but I thought...

  Alice Hill : That's all right, Officer. I've known Mr. Bentley for some time.

  Harry Wharton : I found Miss Hill's key in my own pocket of all places, and dropped in to return it. I must have picked it up off your desk this morning by mistake.

  Alice Hill : Thank you so much. I'm glad to have it back. I'm always losing it.

  Harry Wharton : I also brought these, in case my unexpected visit should have displeased you.

  [He hands her a small bouquet] 

  Alice Hill : Oh, not at all. Thank you. You know Miss Tuttle, and this is Mr. Keats and Officer Regan. You remember Mr. Bentley. He was foreman of our jury.

  Joe Keats : Mr. Bentley, I've been wanting to get in touch with you.

  Harry Wharton : That's quite a coincidence, because I've been thinking of getting in touch with you, Mr. Keats.

  Tex Tuttle : It's fate, that's what it is. Alice, you brought Joe and Mr. Bentley together. Now I'll go bring some coffee and water together and see what comes of that.

• Alice Hill : It was Joe who dug up all the evidence that saved Harry Wharton.

  Harry Wharton : Yes, I know. I've been reading Mr. Keats' recent articles with considerable interest. In fact, I've been wondering why the police haven't arranged some sort of protection for him.

  Joe Keats : What for?

  Harry Wharton : It merely occurred to me the mysterious killer might decide to hold you responsible for making his task more difficult.

  Joe Keats : Oh, that's where you're wrong. The man's obviously a maniac with one fixed idea. He wants to do away with the jury because they mistakenly convicted the wrong man. He's bound to know that it was I who saved Harry Wharton from the gallows.

  Harry Wharton : Yes. So he could hang himself in an insane asylum a little later.

• Joe Keats : Girls! Don't do this to Uncle Joe. I worry!