In the years we were married there were four Lucy Chapmans. The Big Heat 1953 starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame & Jeanette Nolan & Alexander Scourby & Jocelyn Brando & Lee Marvin & Adam Williams & Kathryn Eames & Peter Whitney et al, director Fritz Lang, Mrs Duncan
Rozzer: I do what I’m told.
Bannion: I guess that’s what we’re all supposed to do, isn’t it. ibid.
Not until I catch up with the people who murdered my wife. ibid. Bannion
You’re on a hate binge. ibid. fellow rozzer
I know how you feel. I’m not the guy to go running to the cops. I’m on the lam myself. I swear, I can prove it. Make time. I got the dough. Roadblock 1951 staring Charles McGraw & Joan Dixon & Lowell Gilmore & Louis Jean Heydt & Milburn Stone et al, director Harold Daniels, driver to dud with gun
Her: Some day you’re going to want something nice and expensive. But you can’t afford on a detective’s salary.
Him: Like what?
Her: Like me. ibid.
And I want you, Joe [kisses]. But not as an insurance cop making three hundred and fifty a month. ibid.
Set up a general road block covering all transportation and embarkation points – air, rail, bus and water. We want Joe Peters for murder and robbery of the United States’ mail. Peters is driving a black 1950 Plymouth sedan license number 1X1 ... ibid. rozzer on radio
Maybe you don’t think murder looks so good on you. Farewell, My Lovely aka Murder, My Sweet 1944 starring Dick Powell & Claire Trevor & Anne Shirley & Otto Kruger & Miles Mander & Mike Mazurki & Douglas Walton & Ralf Harolde & Esther Howard & Ernie Adams et al, director Edward Dmytryk, rozzer to Marlowe
My mind felt like a plumber’s handkerchief. ibid. Marlowe
Nothing bothered me. The 220 felt nice and snug against my appendix. ibid.
The name is Moose … Moose Malloy. You heard of me maybe. ibid. bloke looking for bird
She was a gal who’d take a drink. ibid. Marlowe
I think I’ll put some powder on my nose. ibid. client to Marlowe at club
I find men very attractive. ibid. blonde to Marlowe
Four men. Four men each from a different walk of life – a clerk, an airman, prize fighter and a gentleman of leisure. A few weeks ago they were strangers; now here they are driving together … The Good Die Young 1954 starring Laurence Harvey & Gloria Grahame & Richard Basehart & Joan Collins & John Ireland & Rene Ray & Stanley Baxter & Margaret Leighton & Robert Morley & Freda Jackson & James Kenney & Susan Shaw & Lee Patterson et al, director Lewis Gilbert, opening commentary
Cherry Hill: and there they built a prison modelled on the lines of a medieval fortress: its grim walls have stood since 1821, and within them many men have paid the price of crime. Outside the Wall 1950 starring Richard Basehart & Marilyn Maxwell & Signe Hasso & Dorothy Hart & Joseph Pevney & Lloyd Gough & Harry Morgan & John Hoyt, director Crane Wilbur, opening remarks
There ain’t nothing in all the world like a dame. ibid. bloke in hospital
You look lost; so am I. ibid. broad to Larry in bar
You look so lonesome; so am I. ibid. nurse
You don’t know what’s it’s like inside: I used to be afraid of freedom; now I can’t do without it. ibid.
After it’s all over and we’re safe it’ll be just you and me, you and me, the way it should have been all along from the start. Criss Cross 1949 starring Burt Lancaster & Yvonne de Carlo & Dan Duryea & Stephen McNally & Esy Morales & Tom Pedi & Percy Helton & Alan Napier & Griff Barnett & Meg Randall & Richard Long et al, director Robert Siodmak, her to him opening scene
Ordinarily, Americans don’t think much about the existence of organized crime; they know vaguely that it is there, and they let it go at that … Unless Prodded By Some Unusual Circumstances. The Captive City 1952 starring John Forsythe & Victor Sutherland & Joan Camden & Harold J Kennedy & Marjorie Crossland & Ray Teal & Martin Milner & Ian Wolfe et al, director Robert Wise, opening caption
Kennington wasn’t just a town, it was our town. ibid. commentary
How would you like to bust this town wide open? ibid. bloke in library
You don’t know this town; not the way I do. ibid. widow to hero
I’d hardly call being beaten up by gangsters much of a future. ibid. apprentice’s mum to hero
Absolute rulers of a state within a state. ibid. hero
They say alcohol never cured anybody of anything but when your legs have been cut off at the knee believe me it helps. ibid.
I wish you’d do the coshing sometimes, Walshy. Cosh Boy aka The Slasher aka The Tough Guy 1953 starring James Kenney & Joan Collins & Betty Ann Davies & Robert Ayres & Hermione Baddeley & Hermione Gingold & Nancy Roberts & Laurence Naismith & Ian Whittaker et al, director Lewis Gilbert, gangster
Keep a firm hand. He needs it. ibid. probation officer to mother of Walshy
I’m running this gang. I always was and I’m always gunna. ibid. Walsh
All the boys I know they just want a good time. ibid. Joan Collins
Thugs with delusion of eloquence. Sin City 2005 starring Jessica Alba & Mickey Rourke & Brittany Murphy & Clive Owen & Bruce Willis & Elijah Wood & Rutger Hauer & Makenzie Vega & Devon Aoki & Alexis Bledel & Powers Boothe & Rosario Dawson & Benicio del Toro & Michael Clarke Duncan & Rick Gomez & Carla Gugino et al, director Miller & Rodriguez & Tarantino, Willis
Old man dies; little girl lives: fair trade. ibid.
Aim careful. And look the devil in the eye. ibid.
I’m as expert as a palsy victim doing brain surgery with a pipe wrench. ibid.
She shivers in the wind like the last leaf on a dying tree. ibid. The Customer is Always Right opening commentary
The night is hot as hell. It’s a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. I’m staring at a goddess. She’s telling me she wants me. ibid. The Hard Goodbye
Keep your dirty hands off me. This Gun for Hire 1942 starring Veronica Lake & Alan Ladd & Robert Preston & Laird Cregar & Tully Marshall & Marc Lawrence & Olin Howland & Roger Imhof & Pamela Blake & Frank Ferguson et al, director Frank Tuttle, cleaning lady to Alan Ladd
Chemist and Woman Murdered. ibid. San Francisco Express headline
Play it again, Dave. Dancing with Crime 1947 starring Richard Attenborough & Barry Barnes & Sheila Sim & Garry Marsh & John Warwick & Judy Kelly & Barry Jones & Bill Rowbotham & Cyril Chamberlain & Peter Croft & Diana Dors & Dirk Bogarde et al, director John Paddy Carstairs, bird in members club
Now your share, Dave, come to fifty pounds exactly. ibid. ringleader
Man Murdered in Taxi: Bullet in Back. ibid. newspaper article