Willard Gates:
Raven... how do you feel when you're doing...
[indicates murder headlines]
Willard Gates: this?
Philip Raven: I feel fine.
--Alan Ladd (as Philip Raven) in This Gun for Hire
[indicates murder headlines]
Willard Gates: this?
Philip Raven: I feel fine.
--Alan Ladd (as Philip Raven) in This Gun for Hire
The Marshal:
Oh, that suite is taken. So is every room in the hotel. And every other hotel in town. You might try the stable across the bridge.
Peter Van Hoek: I like horses, Marshal, but not as roommates.
--Alan Ladd (as Peter Van Hoek) in The Badlanders
Peter Van Hoek: I like horses, Marshal, but not as roommates.
--Alan Ladd (as Peter Van Hoek) in The Badlanders
Ellen Graham:
Why don't you go to the police?
Philip Raven: I'm my own police.
--Alan Ladd (as Philip Raven) in This Gun for Hire
Philip Raven: I'm my own police.
--Alan Ladd (as Philip Raven) in This Gun for Hire
Joyce Harwood:
Well, don't you even say 'Good night'?
Johnny Morrison: It's good-bye, and it's tough to say good-bye.
Joyce Harwood: Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison: Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.
--Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia
Johnny Morrison: It's good-bye, and it's tough to say good-bye.
Joyce Harwood: Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison: Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.
--Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia
Captain Francis A. Thompson:
Mr. Foster, remove his shirt.
2nd Mate Foster: Aye, aye, sir.
Charles Stewart: Never mind. I'll take it off.
--Alan Ladd (as Charles Stewart) in Two Years Before the Mast
2nd Mate Foster: Aye, aye, sir.
Charles Stewart: Never mind. I'll take it off.
--Alan Ladd (as Charles Stewart) in Two Years Before the Mast
Eddie Harwood:
Half the cops in L.A. are looking for you.
Johnny Morrison: Only half?
--Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia
Johnny Morrison: Only half?
--Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia
Man recommending a motel:
[walking into the cheap motel] Clean sheets every day they tell me.
Johnny Morrison: How often do they change the fleas?
--Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia
Johnny Morrison: How often do they change the fleas?
--Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia
Joe Jagger:
Well, you know my problem. What's yours?
Chad Morgan: I should have killed a man the other day.
Joe Jagger: Killed a man? What for?
Chad Morgan: He needed it.
--Alan Ladd (as ) in The Big Land
Chad Morgan: I should have killed a man the other day.
Joe Jagger: Killed a man? What for?
Chad Morgan: He needed it.
--Alan Ladd (as ) in The Big Land
