Mike Hammer (TV Series)

Final Curtain (1958)

Herbert Rudley: Larry Mason

Quotes 

• Mike Hammer : Honey, you know Larry Mason of the Globe.

  Jackie : I've read some of his articles.

  Larry Mason : You see, you never know where you're going to pick up some news. What a story - a chorus girl... who reads.

  Larry Mason : [to Hammer]  Croyden still battling with that wife of his?

  Mike Hammer : I don't know. Why don't you ask *him*.

  Larry Mason : Why didn't I think of that? I'll do that right now. Thanks, Hammer, for practically nothing.

  Mike Hammer : You're welcome.

  Larry Mason : [to Jackie]  Miss I.Q.

• Larry Mason : What would you say - another Black Dahlia case or Jack the Ripper... That's it - it's another Jack the Ripper!

  Mike Hammer : [narrating]  The heat was already on and the body was hardly cold. It was the kind of a case that fevered the imagination and inspired letters writers to demand of their favorite editors why we don't get more police protection for the taxes we pay.

• Mike Hammer : How come you were able to peg that as a Jack the Ripper killing before the second one even happened?

  Larry Mason : Aw, for... Don't push me around, Hammer! My paper wouldn't like it.

  Mike Hammer : Your paper wouldn't like you makin' the news. They just want you to report it.