Dick Tracy (1945)

Morgan Conway: Dick Tracy

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• Dick Tracy : Who are you and what are you doing up here?

  Prof. Linwood J. Starling : I? Oh! I am Professor Linwood J. Starling, astrologist, doctor of the occult sciences.

  Dick Tracy : How long have you been up here?

  Prof. Linwood J. Starling : Time and space are beyond human conception.

  Dick Tracy : Cut out the double talk, I'm from police headquarters.

  Prof. Linwood J. Starling : Obviously. Well, I've been here since, uh, darkness fell, meditating. Communing with my soul. Studying the course of the stars. Sagittarius.

  Dick Tracy : Did you see anyone cross this roof a moment ago?

  Prof. Linwood J. Starling : No. Oh, but I wouldn't have, unless he flashed momentarily across the section of the heavens at which I was looking. You see, I am a man who knows how to concentrate.

• Mrs. Caraway : I wouldn't think of calling Mr. Tracy. He didn't get home to 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. I'm sure he's exhausted

  Dick Tracy : I'm in a coma.

  Mrs. Caraway : He is in a co... oh!

• Dick Tracy : We'll dine, we dance and we'll have a look at the moon.

  Tess Trueheart : You can't fool me for a minute. I know you aren't going out for fun. You're going out for work. If you examine the moon it'll be for fingerprints!