Johnny O'Clock (1947)
Dick Powell: Johnny O'Clock
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Quotes
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Johnny O'Clock : Come here.
Harriet Hobson : [as she stays put] I've been there.
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Nancy Hobbs : What do I do now, Johnny?
Johnny O'Clock : Dry your eyes and blow your nose in the order named.
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Inspector Koch : In return for certain information...
Johnny O'Clock : You'll do what?
Inspector Koch : I'll give you a break.
Johnny O'Clock : My arms or my legs?
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Johnny O'Clock : Punchy?
Punchy : Yeah.
Johnny O'Clock : Did you see Blayden leave the club last night?
Punchy : Me? I never see nuttin'.
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[the waiter at Joe's puts down two filled shot glasses the moment Johnny and Nancy sit down]
Johnny O'Clock : Who ordered these?
Waiter : Did ya ever eat here?
Johnny O'Clock : No.
Waiter : You'll need 'em.
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Chuck Blayden : You get in my way and I'll kill you.
Johnny O'Clock : You took the words right out of my mouth.
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Inspector Koch : There is nothing you have to say to me?
Johnny O'Clock : Spiderman, spinning webs.
Inspector Koch : I feel sorry for you.
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Guido Marchettis : [to Johnny O'Clock] Me and Turk were talking over old times. I've been telling him how many years we've been together, all the things we've been through, remember Johnny?
Johnny O'Clock : Yeah, I remember.
Guido Marchettis : That's why I know I'll never have to worry about you!
Nelle Marchettis : [Choking on her drink, and laughing at Guido's ironic statement]
Guido Marchettis : [to his wife Nelle] What's the matter with you?
Nelle Marchettis : [Still laughing] I, uh I choked on a piece of scotch!
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Inspector Koch : It says in my book that any confession obtained by so-called 'third degree' methods is not admissable in court.
Johnny O'Clock : It's nice to know you can read.
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Guido Marchettis : You're whistling through your teeth.
Johnny O'Clock : So let him whistle.
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Inspector Koch : [scoffingly] You're stupid. Smart boy. Stupid!
Johnny O'Clock : Stupid? How much money have you got?
Inspector Koch : How much time have you got to live?
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Inspector Koch : Koch is my name.
Johnny O'Clock : How do you spell it: C, O, P?
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[last lines]
Johnny O'Clock : [injured with a gunshot wound, pointing a gun at Koch, catching him by surprise as he enters the room] Don't bother raising your hands. Just keep 'em at your sides.
Inspector Koch : You're out of your mind.
Johnny O'Clock : That's right... crazy. Crazy smart.
Inspector Koch : Put that gun down.
Johnny O'Clock : I tell you what you're gonna do, Koch. You're gonna walk me out the front door, past everybody. If they stop us, you'll tell 'em I gave myself up, you arrested me.
Inspector Koch : You think I'd say that.
Johnny O'Clock : Listen to me. I got a bullet in my gut, and fire in my brain. It wouldn't take much for me to let you have it right now.
Nancy Hobbs : [desperately in hearing Johnny's words as she rushes to his side] Johnny, you don't know what you're doing. You don't know what you're saying.
Johnny O'Clock : All I know is in this gun.
Inspector Koch : All I know is that I got to bring you in. When we get to the door, I'll tell 'em to shoot.
Johnny O'Clock : All right, so they'll shoot...
Nancy Hobbs : No! It's not all right, not for me, it isn't. Oh Johnny, give yourself up.
Johnny O'Clock : Nancy, I haven't got a chance. All my life, this guy's been chasing me...
Nancy Hobbs : Johnny, it's the pain. You're weak, you're hurt...
Johnny O'Clock : [defiantly] I know what I'm saying. He's been looking to get something on me. Now, he's got it. Even if I told the truth...
Inspector Koch : [yelling back] What is the truth.
Johnny O'Clock : [about Marchettis' shooting] It was self defense.
Inspector Koch : His wife said you shot him in cold blood, for money.
Johnny O'Clock : That's a lie!
Inspector Koch : If it's a lie, it'll come out.
Johnny O'Clock : In storybooks. This is too good a frame.
Inspector Koch : Nobody's out to frame you, O'Clock.
Inspector Koch : [to Nancy] If you want him alive, tell him to drop that gun.
Nancy Hobbs : [increasingly passionate as she goes on] No. I don't want him alive. I want him dead. I want to cry for him. I haven't had enough tears, I want more. I want to be able to say, "Do you know who I'm crying for? Johnny O'Clock! Do you know who he was? The smartest man in the world." I know, because he told me so. "Johnny O'Clock's not a fool," he said. "No fool!" That's why he's dead... because he's no fool!
[Nancy quickly turns to hide her head as she wants to cry in peace. After a long pause, Johnny throws the gun on the ground, it making a loud thud]
Nancy Hobbs : [running to Johnny's side to embrace him while Koch picks up the gun] Johnny, Johnny...
Johnny O'Clock : [matter-of-factly to Koch] Well, it looks like it's going to be a hot day.
Inspector Koch : Not too hot.
Johnny O'Clock : Wanna bet?
Inspector Koch : Bet? I'll lay ya odds.
[Nancy and Koch support Johnny on either side as the three of them exit the room together]
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Johnny O'Clock : I wonder if this will mix with orange juice.
Charlie : Some things don't mix.
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Johnny O'Clock : Anything else you wanna know?
Nancy Hobbs : Anything else I ought to know?
Johnny O'Clock : Close the book. She was a nice kid. Let it go at that.
Nancy Hobbs : The words don't go with the music!