Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)

Gabriel Dell: Gabe

Quotes 

• Gabe 'Gabie' : [going in without his glasses]  I'll moida dis guy if I can see him.

• Gabe 'Gabie' : Hey, ya know, my fadda was in de Civil War.

  Chuck : Are you nuts? At the time of de Civil War, your father was an infant.

  Gabe 'Gabie' : So, they put 'im in de infantry.

  [everyone laughs] 

  Sach : Hey! Hey! I was in de last war. I saved five hundred men.

  Bobby : Yeah? How?

  Sach : Shot the cook.

• Sach : He went in the elevator.

  Bobby : What floor did he stop at?

  Sach : How do I know. I wasn't on it.

  Slip Mahoney : The light. When did the light stop?

  Sach : I think it was five.

  Slip Mahoney : Five?

  Sach : Or the number that comes after five.

  Gabe 'Gabie' : Six?

  Sach : Does six come after five?

  Gabe 'Gabie' : I t'ink so.

  Sach : Boy, what'll they think o' next? Hey, we're figurin' this thing out like real detectives, ain't we?

• Sach : Quit your shovin' or else!

  Richard : Or else what?

  Sach : [suddenly meek]  Or else don't.

  Richard : Come on.

  [shoves Sach over to the counter stools] 

  Sach : Gee, never think HE was a gangster, would ya?

  Gabe 'Gabie' : [shakes head no but says...]  Yes.