Mannix (TV Series)

A Fine Day for Dying (1974)

Barry Russo: Lou DeMorro

Quotes 

• Lou DeMorro : I'd offer you a drink, Mannix, but you ain't gonna be here for that long. I hear you've been digging around Eddie Stanik's death.

  Joe Mannix : Well, it didn't start out that way. Just kept turning in that direction.

  Lou DeMorro : You know, when Eddie Stanik got burned, things got very sticky between Old Man Stanik and me. It cost us both some good soldiers. He wouldn't believe I had nothing to do with it. He still doesn't believe it, but things have calmed down now.

  Joe Mannix : And you don't want me stirring them up?

  Lou DeMorro : See how quick you pick up on things? I want things left just the way they are.

  Joe Mannix : If you didn't kill Eddie Stanik or ordered him killed, why sweat?

  Lou DeMorro : Mannix, I didn't bring you over here for a discussion. If you want to keep breathing, back off. Leave it alone. The old man ain't got that much time left anyway, and neither do you if you don't hear good.

  Joe Mannix : Okay, Lou... I'll think about it.

  [as he leaves, he stops and turns to DeMorro's gunman] 

  Joe Mannix : You point that thing at me again, you'll be eating it for breakfast.