Willie Garza: Thought you were off the liquor. Liquor is bad. Weakens your character. How can a man like me trust a liar like you? I can't.


--Ted de Corsia (as Willie Garzah aka Willie the Harmonica) in The Naked City

[Rico is convinced that Mendoza has escaped from prison, so Ferguson takes him down to Mendoza's cell]
Joseph Rico: [after looking in] He's smiling at me...
[looks in again]
Joseph Rico: Mendoza! Call them off! I'm not going into court! I swear I won't! Tell 'em! I'm not squealing! Please, tell 'em I'm not...
D.A. Martin Ferguson: Rico! You're gonna talk! Do you hear me? You're gonna talk! You're not blowing up this case! It took four years to put him in that cell and when he walks out he's going to the chair. So you gonna talk, it's the only chance you got to live!
Joseph Rico: I'm afraid. He'll never die.
D.A. Martin Ferguson: He'll die! He's got to die! And you're gonna kill him!
Joseph Rico: I can't! Nobody can! He ain't human.


--Ted de Corsia (as Joseph Rico) in The Enforcer