The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Sterling Hayden: Dix Handley

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• Dix Handley : Don't bone me!

  Cobby : Now, look, I'm not boning you.

  Dix Handley : Did I ever welsh?

  Cobby : Nobody said you did.

  Dix Handley : You just boned me!

• Dix Handley : Why don't you quit cryin' and get me some bourbon?

• Cobby : [Telephone rings twice; Cobby answers]  Yeah, hello, hello. Yeah, this is Cobby. What?

  Cobby : [Cobby gets off the telephone in to talk to Dix and Doc]  It's Gus. Dragnet's out and they're combing the district.

  Cobby : [Cobby holds out telephone]  He wants to talk to you. You, Dix.

  Dix Handley : [Dix takes telephone from Cobby; Cobby leaves]  Gus, Dix.

  Gus Minissi : [the scene switches from Cobby's hideout to a telephone booth where Gus is; Gus talks to Dix]  Yeah, now, listen careful, pal. The cops are knocking over all the joints along the boulevard. There's mobs of them, meat wagons and all. Now, look, I already called the guy, Eddie Donato. Donato's got a grocery down by the river. 116 Front Street, you got that?

  Dix Handley : [Dix's voice is heard through the telephone]  Yeah.

  Gus Minissi : Okay.

  Dix Handley : [a police car rolls into the scene outside of the telephone booth]  Thanks, Gus. Say, how's Louie?

  Gus Minissi : Louie's not so good. He got a slug in his belly, all right. Doc's doing all he can. Uh, here they are now, the happiness boys.

  Gus Minissi : [a policeman bangs on the telephone booth and motions Gus to get out of the booth so that he can use it. Gus chuckles, turns and waves to him]  Hello. How are you, yeah?

  Gus Minissi : [Gus turns back to talk to Dix]  Looks like I'm in...

  Gus Minissi : [Policeman bangs on the booth again]  ... for a working over. Look, go down to Eddie's by way of the...

  Gus Minissi : [Policeman bangs on booth for the third time]  ... old car barn.

  Gus Minissi : [Gus turns and waves to the policeman; turns back to talk to Dix]  Yeah, it's deserted at night. Once you get beyond that...

  Gus Minissi : [Policeman bangs on booth for the fourth time]  ... you're okay. The cops never bother Eddie's neighborhood. So long, Dix. Blow now...

  Gus Minissi : [Policeman bangs booth for the fifth and final time]  ... eh?

  Gus Minissi : [Gus turns and waves to the policeman; He hangs up and makes his way out of the telephone booth]  All right, all right, all right.

• Cobby : How can things go so wrong? How is it possible? One man killed, two others plugged. I'm out 30 grand. We got a load of rocks we can't even peddle.

  Dix Handley : Quit crying and get me some bourbon.

• Doc Riedenschneider : Ever been in Mexico City, Dix?

  Dix Handley : Nope.

  Doc Riedenschneider : It's 8000 feet up. The air is very pure. Many first-class clubs, restaurants, a horse track and girls. Beautiful young girls. How would you like to go there, all expenses paid?

  Dix Handley : Sorry, Doc, not interested. I'm heading home.

  Doc Riedenschneider : Listen, Dix. You can always go home. And when you do, it's nothing. Believe me. I've done it. Nothing.

• Dix Handley : That squarehead. He's a funny little guy. I don't get him at all.

  Doll Conovan : Maybe it's because he's a foreigner. They just don't think like us.