Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Wesley Addy: Lt. Pat Murphy

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Quotes 

• Lt. Pat Murphy : Now listen, Mike. Listen carefully. I'm going to pronounce a few words. They're harmless words. Just a bunch of letters scrambled together. But their meaning is very important. Try to understand what they mean. "Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, Trinity."

• Lt. Pat Murphy : Mike, why don't you tell us what you know? Then step aside like a nice fella and let us do our job.

  Mike Hammer : What's in it for me?

• Lt. Pat Murphy : You're so bright working on your own, you penny-ante gumshoe. You thought you saw something big and you tried to horn in.

• Lt. Pat Murphy : Let the big slob sit there and think about his girl. What's likely to happen to her?

  Mike Hammer : I didn't know.

  Lt. Pat Murphy : You didn't know. Do you think you'd have done any different if you had known?

• [Hammer awakens from a coma] 

  Lt. Pat Murphy : Three days ago, I was figuring I'd have to finance a new tux to bury the corpse.