Mannix (TV Series)

All the Dead Were Strangers (1973)

Mike Connors: Joe Mannix

Quotes 

• Little Ned : [Joe enters his tent]  Can I help you, brother?

  Joe Mannix : Yes, I called you. I'm investigating the death of two of the survivors of that airplane crash.

  Little Ned : Oh, Mr. Mannix. Have a seat. Would like some tea?

  Joe Mannix : No thank you.

  Little Ned : Human nature is frail. On the mountain, my brothers and sisters made a bargain with the Lord. He kept his part of the deal. Did they?

  Joe Mannix : You tell me.

  Little Ned : They did not! When he was saved, the judge tried to resume his life of carnality.

  Joe Mannix : How do you know that?

  Little Ned : The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, shows his children the truth. And the pilot, John Clive, he resumed his drunkenness.

  Joe Mannix : You have been busy.

  Little Ned : I do his work.

  Joe Mannix : He said, "Thou shalt not kill."

  Little Ned : Whoever killed them was an instrument of the Lord.

  Joe Mannix : Did you keep your part of the bargain?

  Little Ned : I have, brother. On the mountain, the Lord helped me through the agony of withdrawal. I will never touch drugs again.

  Joe Mannix : What about your nurse?

  Little Ned : Sister Lylah? She, too, has regressed to the ways of sin. She accepted employment with another invalid. A lady. A very old, very rich lady. She was plucked from the jaws of death. Now she feels she can live without the help of the Lord. They all do. And that is the most horrendous sin.

  Joe Mannix : Where can I find sister Lylah?

  Little Ned : At the Clarendon in Culver City.

  Joe Mannix : Well, uh, thank you.

  [gets up from his seat to leave] 

  Little Ned : Brother Mannix?

  [Joe stops and looks at Little Ned] 

  Little Ned : Tell her it's not too late. Tell them all... it's not too late.

  [Joe nods and exits Little Ned's tent]