Mannix (TV Series)

The Girl from Nowhere (1974)

Mike Connors: Joe Mannix

Quotes 

• Joe Mannix : Elizabeth Farrell?

  Liz Farrell : You went to some trouble finding me.

  Joe Mannix : Is it Miss Farrell?

  Liz Farrell : Missus.

  Joe Mannix : My name is Joe Mannix, Mrs. Farrell, and it was no trouble at all. A friend of mine at the DMV checked out your car license, and the auto rental agency gave me your address.

  Liz Farrell : Come in, Mr. Mannix.

  Joe Mannix : Thank you.

  Liz Farrell : I suppose you want to know why I was at the cemetery?

  Joe Mannix : If you don't mind telling me.

  Liz Farrell : I read about the little girl in the paper.

  Joe Mannix : And you donated $500?

  Liz Farrell : Yes.

  Joe Mannix : So that the little girl wouldn't be quite alone?

  Liz Farrell : I had a daughter. She would've been the same age. Four years ago, her father was driving her to San Francisco. They were going to the circus.

  Joe Mannix : Mm.

  Liz Farrell : I was down with the flu. I couldn't be with them. Just outside of Merced, a trailer jumped the center divider and hit the car. They were both...

  [pauses] 

  Liz Farrell : Mr. Mannix, what's your interest in all this?

  Joe Mannix : About the same as yours, Mrs. Farrell. I felt the little girl... well, deserved someone. Thanks for seeing me.

  Liz Farrell : Not at all.