Memorable quotes for
Thieves' Highway (1949)

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Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Soft hands.
Rica: Sharp nails.

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Rica: [knowingly, after getting out of the shower, and hearing that Polly has walked out on Nick] Aren't women wonderful?

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Mike Figlia: Everything happens to me. The whole street, he's gotta break down in front of my place.
Charles, dock henchman: Tough luck.
Mike Figlia: I'm the original tough luck kid.

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Charles, dock henchman: Is the vehicle parked in front of our joint?
Dave, dock henchman: Yeah.
Charles, dock henchman: Has it been parked there a long time?
Dave, dock henchman: Yeah.
Charles, dock henchman: Is it obstructing our place of business?
Dave, dock henchman: Yeah!
Charles, dock henchman: Well?
Dave, dock henchman: We unload!
Mike Figlia: Come on, we'll sell the stuff on consignment, I'll give the kid a fair shake. If that's against the law, I guess I'm a crook.
Charles, dock henchman: [simultaneously with Dave] Yeah!

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Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Hey, do you like apples?
Rica: Everybody likes apples, except doctors.
Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Do you know what it takes to get an apple so you can sink your beautiful teeth in it? You gotta stuff rags up tailpipes, farmers gotta get gypped, you jack up trucks with the back of your neck, universals conk out...
Rica: I don't know what are you talking about, but I have a new respect for apples.

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Mike Figlia: Let's say you just rolled into town with a truckload of apples, you know. Now what do you think would have been a fair price?
Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Six and a half bucks a box.
Mike Figlia: Now six and a half is what I got. I'm talking about your end.
Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Your end of nothing is nothing.

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Nico 'Nick' Garcos: [to Rica] You look like chipped glass.

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