The Asphalt Jungle 1950
Notable Noir Quotes
“I wouldn’t give you two cents for a dame without a temper.” - Roy “Mad Dog” Earle High Sierra 1941
“How I detest the dawn. The grass always looks like it’s been left out all night.” - Hardy Cathcart The Dark Corner 1946
“Two things I can smell inside a hundred feet. Burning hamburger and a romance.” - bit player Out of the Past 1947
“I never knew that murder could smell like honeysuckle.” - Walter Neff Double Indemnity 1944
“Crime is a left-handed form of human endeavor.” - Doc Riedenschneider The Asphalt Jungle 1950
“Imagine me in on this cheap rap, big man like me. Picked up just for shovin’ a guy’s ears off his head. Traffic ticket stuff.” - Tommy Udo Kiss of Death 1947
“I don’t pray. Kneeling bags my nylons.” - Lorraine Minosa Ace in the Hole 1951
“You’re a bitter little lady.” - Johnny Muller
“It’s a bitter little world.” - Evelyn Hahn Hollow Triumph 1948
“I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. I don’t like them myself. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.” - Philip Marlowe The Big Sleep 1946
“I love you too, mother, but let’s not get sticky about it.” - Veda Pierce Mildred Pierce 1945
“I know you like a book, ya little tramp. You’d sell out your own mother for a piece of fudge. But you’re smart with it. Smart enough to know when to sell and when to sit tight. You’ve got a great big dollar sign there where most women have a heart.” - Johnny Clay The Killing 1956
“I wouldn’t give you the skin off a grape!” —-Tommy Udo Kiss of Death 1947
“I must say, for a charming, intelligent girl, you certainly surrounded yourself with a remarkable collection of dopes.” - Mark McPherson Laura 1944
“I’ll never think of our moments together without nausea.” —-Walter Williams Impact 1949
“Are you decent?” - Lily Stevens
“Nobody’s ever accused me of it.” - Pete Morgan Road House 1948
“I’ve met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my time, but you, you’re twenty minutes.” - Lorraine Minosa Ace in the Hole 1951
“Yes, fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me for no good reason at all.” - Al Roberts Detour 1945
“My two husbands was turnips!” - Esther Howard Born to Kill 1947
“If I’d been a ranch, they would have named me the Bar Nothing.” - Gilda Gilda 1946
“You wouldn’t know love if it hit you in the face.” - Kitty March
If that’s where it hits you—-you ought to know." - Millie Scarlet Street 1945
“A scar isn’t so bad. Not if it’s only on one side. I can always go through life sideways.” - Debbie Marsh The Big Heat 1953
“I liked it, Mom, tasted kind of like chicken.” - Tommy Woodry
“It was chicken.” - Mrs. Woodry The Window 1949
“Well, so long mister. Thanks for the ride, the three cigarettes and for not laughing at my theories on life.” - Frank Chambers The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946
“You can’t just go round killing people whenever the mood strikes you. It’s not feasible.” - Marty Waterman Born to Kill 1947
“A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn’t have said.” - Joe Morse Force of Evil 1948
“I caught the blackjack right behind my ear. A black pool opened up at my feet. I dived in. It had no bottom.” - Philip Marlowe Murder, My Sweet 1944
“Don’t be sure I’m as crooked as I’m supposed to be.” - Sam Spade The Maltese Falcon 1941
