Quotes
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Peter McDermott : Billy, what in the hell ever possessed you to jump Vance while he was holding that cannon?
Billy Griffin : I don't know. Instinct, uh... maybe a bit of the old neighborhood showing.
Peter McDermott : Well, I'm sorry I ever doubted you.
Billy Griffin : Hey. You were right. The Lone Ranger? Come on. Dumb! Dumb.
Peter McDermott : By the way, Mrs. Cabot wanted to know if you were available for lunch.
Billy Griffin : We got a staff meeting?
Peter McDermott : Mm-mm. Just you. Said something about wanting to fix you an authentic peasant... something.
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Peter McDermott : I found out your friend Vance is in need of a credit history. Is it possible he's an alumnus of your old alma mater?
Billy Griffin : Look, I told you I won't let him pull anything in the St. Gregory.
Peter McDermott : By yourself? You're gonna watch over the vault, the jewelry cases, Mrs. Cabot's safe, the payroll truck? I think it's time you stopped playing Lone Ranger.
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Peter McDermott : Did you get a chance to check out Charlie Robinson's corridors?
Billy Griffin : I'm on my way. I was working with...
Peter McDermott : What about room 714?
Billy Griffin : 714?
Peter McDermott : Yeah, Mr. Fazio's evidently on his third bottle of brandy, and the credit manager asked you to check it out this afternoon.
Billy Griffin : I'm sorry. I spent the whole day in the vault...
Peter McDermott : And letting everything else slide?
Billy Griffin : I just don't want anyone breaking into it, that's all. Room 714. I'm there already.
Peter McDermott : Billy, what's going on? Nothing to do with that friend of yours, is it? Mr, uh...
Billy Griffin : Vance.
Peter McDermott : Vance.
Billy Griffin : Just a guy I knew a long time ago.
Peter McDermott : A long time ago.
Billy Griffin : You don't have to worry about him.
Peter McDermott : I wasn't... 'til now.
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Billy Griffin : I thought security was my responsibility.
Peter McDermott : Everything under this roof is my responsibility. I think you've forgotten that.
Billy Griffin : It's Squire Vance, isn't it?
Peter McDermott : I want to know what you owe him.
Billy Griffin : Who says I owe him?
Peter McDermott : Well, ever since he walked into this hotel, you've been talking to me out of the side of your mouth.
Billy Griffin : Maybe you think I owe him the keys to the vault.
Peter McDermott : You said it, I didn't.
Billy Griffin : You still think of me as an ex-con, don't you? You think Squire snaps his fingers and I run back to him.
Peter McDermott : I think he thinks that.
Billy Griffin : But do *you* think I'd help him rob the St. Gregory?
Peter McDermott : No, I don't. But I'd be a damn fool if I left the key in the lock.
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Peter McDermott : Good morning.
Victoria Cabot : For you and me, possibly. However, I just ran into Billy Griffin, and, uh, he looks as if he hasn't slept in a week.
Peter McDermott : It's a long story.
Victoria Cabot : I have lots of time. I live over the store.