Mannix (TV Series)
Moving Target (1972)
Mike Connors: Joe Mannix
Quotes
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Ken Mitchell : [having breakfast with Joe, talking about him being attacked by a burglar at his workplace] I don't know. It happened so fast. Zonk - I was out!
Joe Mannix : You haven't any idea what he looked like?
Ken Mitchell : No. You sure you won't eat something? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Joe Mannix : No thanks.
[notices that Ken is putting an unusually large amount of hot sauce on his eggs]
Joe Mannix : And with all that hot sauce, it must be a fire hazard, too.
Ken Mitchell : Well, every man to his own poison. Kills the taste of the eggs.
Joe Mannix : Any idea what he hit you with?
Ken Mitchell : No, but it felt like a baseball bat. It was the same the last time.
Joe Mannix : This happened once before?
Ken Mitchell : Last March. I was getting out of my car in the garage. Somebody belted me from behind. I don't know who or what. Fortunately, a neighbor was passing by walking his dog, scared the guy off.
Joe Mannix : Would you know anyone who'd want to kill you?
Ken Mitchell : That's what I'm hiring you to find out.
Joe Mannix : Why me, not the police?
Ken Mitchell : You know, in the toy business, we're dealing with children. Any association with crime or violence is bad publicity. That's why I want you to handle this as quietly as possible.
Joe Mannix : Well, uh, to start with, you'd better show me where it happened.
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Peggy Fair : What do you think happened to her?
Joe Mannix : We don't know that anything has happened to her. It's not unusual for a girl to take a day off, is it?
Peggy Fair : Coming from you, that's original.