The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Lloyd Nolan: Michael Shayne
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Quotes
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Catherine Wolff : Now, you'll have to get some clothes and a toothbrush.
Michael Shayne : Ah, no, no! Not Michael Shayne and Company! His office is in his hat, and
[motioning to a suitcase in the back seat]
Michael Shayne : his home is in his car.
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Michael Shayne : [Referring to Wolff and his money] Beneath all those millions beats a heart of ice... dry ice!
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Michael Shayne : [referring to Wolff] He's a pretty tough old cookie!
Catherine Wolff : Oh, don't be so hard on him. He's really very sweet.
Michael Shayne : Oh, yeah? Well, so's arsenic! I understand it tastes just like sugar!
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Michael Shayne : [amazed at the size of the bathroom] DeMille have something to do with this?
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Michael Shayne : Say, what do you use for brains - feathers?
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Alfred Dunning : [after being caught eavesdropping at the door] I'm Dunning, Mr. Wolff's secretary. If I can be of any service, please let me know.
Michael Shayne : I'll send up a flare.
Michael Shayne : [after Dunning leaves] Who's that - Dumbo?
Catherine Wolff : Oh, no, Dunning. Well, he's been with Dad 25 years. I wouldn't worry about him.
Michael Shayne : [dryly] Oh, I'm not worried. He was just wandering by and got his ear caught in the door.
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Catherine Wolff : Well, Dad hates the idea that some day he's going to die - simply can't stand it!
Michael Shayne : [laconically] Somebody must have told him the good die young.
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Michael Shayne : [talking to a lab skeleton] Have a cigarette, Mr. Bones?
Michael Shayne : [speaking in the skeleton's voice while moving the jaw] Don't care if I do.
Michael Shayne : I saw your lips move.
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Michael Shayne : [Recovering from a jolt of electricity] Is my face changed?
Catherine Wolff : You do look sort of funny.
Michael Shayne : Well, there's no change then.
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Chief Jonathan Meek : [referring to Peggy, the cook, a former girlfriend] She's been sore at me ever since I took her to that Halloween dances last year.
Michael Shayne : Yeah?
Chief Jonathan Meek : Yeah, she forgot her mask. All I said was "You don't need one." Women's funny ctitters!
Michael Shayne : [laconically] You know I can't understand why she should be sore.