Bob Hope credited as playing...
Ronnie Jackson
- Ronnie Jackson: You see, I wanted to be a detective too. It only took brains, courage, and a gun... and I had the gun.
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- Dr. Lundau: For the past six months, Miss Montay has been suffering from an acute form of schizophrenia, accompanied by visual aberrations and increasingly severe paranoiac delusions.
- Ronnie Jackson: Mm-HMM! And how is she mentally?
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- Ronnie Jackson: [Finds a bottle of booze inside a chandelier] Aha! Ray Milland's been here!
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- Ronnie Jackson: [on plane to Washington, narration] The only thing that bothered me was the altitude. I knew it would get me. I get airsick when I step on a thick carpet.
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- Ronnie Jackson: [voiceover] Well, Poulet d'or was our next stop, but we didn't look exactly like cafe society, so I blew the bankroll -- a rented tuxedo for myself and an evening gown for Carlotta. Boy, did she stack up. I guess you only get out of a thing what you put into it.
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- Ronnie Jackson: [voiceover] An hour later we were at the Poulet d'or. One of those real swanky cafes where they eat mink for breakfast.
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- Ronnie Jackson: Say, I can be a lot of help to you, Sam. Look, here's my latest invention, right here - a camera with a keyhole lens. Takes pictures right through doors. I've been kicked out of five hotels already. How about it, Sam? Can I go to work for you? Just give me a simple "yes" or "no."
- Sam McCloud: No.
- Ronnie Jackson: Aw, but that's TOO simple!
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- Ronnie Jackson: Beautiful day, isn't it? Well, maybe it isn't so beautiful. It is day, though.
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- Ronnie Jackson: Look, you come one step closer and I'll... I'll break this record into a thousand pieces! Oh... wait a minute. Who's side am I on?
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- Ronnie Jackson: You may not know this, but I wasn't always a detective. Before they pinned this murder rap on me I had one of the sweetest little rackets in San Francisco.
- Reporter: A legitimate business?
- Ronnie Jackson: Better than legitimate. It was profitable.
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- Carlotta Montay: First, I must know this: Are you a man who is afraid of danger?
- Ronnie Jackson: No, you can get as close as you like. Baby, we're in this together. I'm with you till my dying breath.
- Carlotta Montay: Please, you mustn't.
- Ronnie Jackson: Yeah. Better not leave any fingerprints.
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- Ronnie Jackson: So the Governor came through with that stay, huh? I knew he would. He's a very good guy.
- Prison Warden: Sorry, Jackson. No word from the Governor.
- Ronnie Jackson: Yeah, well I...
- Prison Warden: Sorry.
- Ronnie Jackson: No... No word? No word, huh? Well, I'll know who to vote for next time!
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- Ronnie Jackson: Aw, now, wait a minute. Don't go feminine on me.
- Carlotta Montay: All right.
- Ronnie Jackson: Don't go masculine either.
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- Carlotta Montay: What is it?
- Ronnie Jackson: That's a recording machine. It repeats what you say. You know, for a guy too fat to hold a secretary in his lap.
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