Gumshoe (1971)
Albert Finney: Eddie Ginley
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Quotes
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Psychiatrist : Eddie, you know what? You're a bloody nut!
Eddie Ginley : I owe it all to you, doc.
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Eddie Ginley : Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip, and everybody knows you don't give no lip to Big Ed!
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Anne Scott : [Eddie has gone to Botha Export Co Ltd for further investigations] We're closed!
Eddie Ginley : Got your coat?
Anne Scott : Yeah!
Eddie Ginley : Put it on.
Anne Scott : Who are you?
Eddie Ginley : Board of Trade.
Anne Scott : Well, what do you want?
Eddie Ginley : We have Powers Of Search.
Anne Scott : You don't look like the Board Of Trade to me.
Eddie Ginley : We're changing the image. Would you sit down please. Oh, wait. You've got something on your eye. No, don't touch it, don't touch it. Leave it to me. Relax.
[removes her glasses]
Eddie Ginley : Close your eyes.
[Kisses her]
Anne Scott : I'm Anne Scott.
Eddie Ginley : I'm all shook up.
Anne Scott : What's your name?
Eddie Ginley : Modelling. Clay Modelling.
Anne Scott : I don't think I fancy you, Modelling.
Eddie Ginley : Work on it.
Anne Scott : I like tall men.
Eddie Ginley : The Seven Dwarves got Snow White.
Anne Scott : Only cos they crowded her.
Eddie Ginley : You'll have to go on your knees then.
Anne Scott : On this floor?
Eddie Ginley : I'll put a cushion down.
Anne Scott : I couldn't.
Eddie Ginley : Why not?
Anne Scott : I stoop to conquer, I don't kneel.
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Eddie Ginley : Mrs. Blankerscoon?
Anne Scott : Not expected.
Eddie Ginley : Where can I find her?
Anne Scott : 49 Faulkner Square.
Eddie Ginley : Does she live there?
Anne Scott : Yes, but not for long.
Eddie Ginley : How come.
Anne Scott : She's leaving. Tomorrow.
Eddie Ginley : What time?
Anne Scott : 7am.
Eddie Ginley : How?
Anne Scott : Boat. Hoskinson's Dock.
Eddie Ginley : You're a Londoner?
Anne Scott : You're a bright kid, Modelling.
Eddie Ginley : What you doing up here?
Anne Scott : Old story. With a dancing troupe. Manager cleared off with the money, I was stranded.
Eddie Ginley : In Liverpool?
Anne Scott : In Liverpool. So I got a job in this office.
Eddie Ginley : Don't be embarrassed when we're out together - I could walk behind you.
Eddie Ginley : Oh no.
Eddie Ginley : Why not?
Anne Scott : I like to hold hands in the street. I'd feel like I was taking you out for a walk.
Eddie Ginley : [Can't make out this line]
Anne Scott : I'm basically conservative.
Eddie Ginley : Switch sides.
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Anne Scott : I'd rather fight than switch.
Eddie Ginley : [dialling phone] So you'd rather fight? What weight are you?
Anne Scott : Bantam.
Eddie Ginley : I'm heavy.
Anne Scott : Ooh. You've got the weight, I've got the speed.
Eddie Ginley : I sometimes hit below the belt.
Eddie Ginley : [Phones again]
Anne Scott : Hit below the belt, do you?
Eddie Ginley : And I've got a long reach.
Anne Scott : That's no good in a clinch.
Eddie Ginley : Keep your guard up, don't lead with your chin, and keep throwing out those lefts.
Anne Scott : What for?
Eddie Ginley : [leaving office] You could get a crack at the title.
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Eddie Ginley : Thanks for the present.
William : What present?
Eddie Ginley : The birthday present.
William : The day I give you a present pigs will fly.
Eddie Ginley : That's what I mean, thanks for the flying pig.
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Mal : [as Eddie removes his dark glasses to make sure it really is his old boyhood friend] I've not had those off since Buddy Holly died.
Eddie Ginley : Mal Conway!
Mal : Eddie Ginley!
Eddie Ginley : Bum!
Mal : Bum!
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Eddie Ginley : What was Rommel like, Joey?
Joey : Personally, Eddie, I never met the bugger. I saw James Mason take him off in a film once. Couldn't stand it - all those nice Germans. Haven't been since.
