His Girl Friday (1940)
Porter Hall: Murphy
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Quotes
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Sheriff Hartwell : Please don't call me 'Pinky'.
Murphy : Why not?
Sheriff Hartwell : Because I got a name, see... and it's Peter B. Hartwell.
McCue, reporter : What's the "B" for?
Murphy : Bull.
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Hildy Johnson : [speaking on the phone to Bruce] There's an old newspaper superstition that the first big check you get, you put in the lining of your hat. In your hat! It brings good luck.
Murphy : I've been a reporter for 20 years - I never heard that before.
Hildy Johnson : [to Murphy] Neither did I.
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Bensinger : [speaking into a phone] Here's the situation on the eve on the hanging.
Murphy : [listening, picks up his phone] This is Murphy. More slop on the hanging.
Bensinger : A double guard has been thrown around the jail, municipal buildings, railroad terminals and elevated stations to prepare for the expected uprising of radicals at the hour of execution.
Murphy : Ready? The sheriff has just put 200 more relatives on the payroll to protect the city from the Red Army, which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.
Endicott : Trouble is, when the real Red Menace shows up, the Sheriff will still be cryin' wolf.
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Endicott : That's what I'd like, a job on the side.
Murphy : A desk and a stenographer. I wouldn't mind a nice, big blonde.
Wilson, reporter : With big, brown eyes.
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Hildy Johnson : The next time you see me, I shall be riding in a Rolls Royce giving interviews on success.
Murphy , McCue, reporter , Wilson, reporter , Bensinger , Endicott : Goodbye.
Hildy Johnson : So long, you wage slaves.
Murphy , McCue, reporter , Wilson, reporter , Bensinger , Endicott : Bye.
Hildy Johnson : Well, when you're climbing up fire escapes and getting kicked out of front doors and eating Christmas dinners at one-arm joints - don't forget your pal, Hildy Johnson.
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Murphy : [on the phone] Here's a little feature though. There's been an accident about a tear bomb. Yeah, a tear bomb. Tear bomb. Criminals cry for it!
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Murphy : An old lady just called the Detective Bureau and claims Williams is hiding under her piazza.
McCue, reporter : Tell her to stand up.
Endicott : Well, we looked every other place.