Illegal (1955)

Edward G. Robinson: Victor Scott

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• Victor Scott : [answering the phone]  Mr. Scott's office.

  [pause] 

  Victor Scott : No, this is not the Safeway Cleaners and Dryers!

  [hanging up] 

  Victor Scott : Some idiot wants his pants pressed.

  Miss Hinkel : Maybe we oughta get a new number.

  Victor Scott : No, not so fast. We may be pressing pants yet!

• Allen Parker : Then it's all settled? They won't prosecute me?

  Victor Scott : No.

  Allen Parker : You're not going to keep all of my $10,000?

  Victor Scott : Your $10,000? You stole it; I earned it!

  Allen Parker : But that's all I got. You wouldn't take everything I have, would you?

  Victor Scott : You can get out of town and keep going before you lose more than money.

• Victor Scott : Well, every time you go into a courtroom, it's a gamble.

  Frank Garland : I'm the house, Victor. I never gamble!

• Victor Scott : As for me, I'd rather see a hundred guilty men go free than convict another innocent man.

  Ellen Miles : I thought you said you were a fighter.

  Victor Scott : I am. But, I am not a killer.

• Joseph Carter : I'm through with mouthpieces. They take the fees, and I take the rap! Ahh!

  Victor Scott : Go on, take the rap. I forgot that free advice was never worth the money.

• Victor Scott : [drunkenly]  Told you to make it a double!

  Bartender : I did, Mr. Scott.

• Victor Scott : The real credit belongs to my assistant, Miss Miles. She really prepared the case.

  Reporter : How about a story from you, Miss Miles?

  Ellen Miles : Well, you can quote me as saying, "All I did was hold his coat."

• Victor Scott : I've been too busy to be human. And I'm not going to start kissing babies - or anybody else.

• Ellen Miles : That was dirty! Ray's hungry as a bear.

  Victor Scott : No he isn't. He just wants to be with you. Unfortunately, to him, so do I.

  Ellen Miles : You say the nicest things, but never in writing.

  Victor Scott : That's my legal trade.

  Ellen Miles : Bachelor trade, you mean.

• Victor Scott : What have you done?

  Allen Parker : I've - taken $90,000.

  Victor Scott : You're an embezzler.

  Allen Parker : I didn't mean to steal it. I only borrowed it. I was going to put it right back.

  Victor Scott : Well, what have done with it? Play the market?

  Allen Parker : Me, play the market? Certainly not. It was the horses.

  Victor Scott : All of it?

  Allen Parker : There was - a woman.

  Victor Scott : Yes, naturally.

• Victor Scott : With embezzlers it's always women and racetracks. Occupational disease.

• Ralph Ford : Mr. Scott seems to forget very quickly that he once sat at this desk.

  Victor Scott : Oh, you're wrong. I'll never forget it. However, if you want to lock horns with me, maybe you wish I could. Every time you sit there and have a thought, just remember, I sat there and had it before you.

• Victor Scott : Go right on, honey.

  Angel O'Hara : The name is Angel O'Hara.

• Victor Scott : You know why I could never indict you? Because nobody would talk. Why wouldn't they? Because you own them body and soul. Well, you're not going to own me. Nobody is.

• Victor Scott : Do you want some other lawyer poking into this thing? Turning up all the evidence he can find, no matter whom it hurts? I know how to keep on safe ground. I'm not just defending Ellen Borden, I'm defending *you*.

  Frank Garland : I want you to know, Victor, that you'll be paid very well for this case. Which ever way it turns out.

• Victor Scott : It's about time you began thinking about getting married.

  Ellen Miles : Yes, Mr. Cupid.

• Victor Scott : [on the phone]  Listen carefully, emergency. Put me through to the death house at the state prison. Fast!

• Victor Scott : You're looking at Victor Scott, private citizen, from here on out. I'm going to set myself up a nice little civil practice. Get rich shuffling big corporation contracts from one draw to another. I'm going to have money in my hands. Not people's lives.

• Victor Scott : Goodbye, Mr. Scott. You *stink*, Mr. Scott. Hello.

• Victor Scott : You shouldn't have come. A big mistake.

  Ellen Miles : There's some hot coffee coming. And then you're going to have to get out of these wet clothes.

  Victor Scott : Women are so practical. I always say that women are practical. Now, Ellen, you be practical.

• Ellen Miles : Please, Vic. You need some sleep.

  Victor Scott : What I need is - another bottle of scotch.

• Victor Scott : Now, go on, do it.

• Victor Scott : I don't want coffee. I don't want practical women. I just want a drink.

• Miss Hinkel : This looks good. He's shaking all over. You could hear his teeth rattling.

  Victor Scott : Don't mind the teeth, can you hear any money rattling? Loose change, anything?

• Victor Scott : Business is booming. Two pickpockets, one peeping Tom, and one grand theft auto.

• Victor Scott : Hinkel, I'm always wrong about you. I thought I'd be glad to have you back.

• Victor Scott : If the lid blows off, don't blame me.

  Frank Garland : I don't blame people, I bury them.

• Victor Scott : If you get trigger happy, remember, all my files relating to you will be on their way to the DA.

• Victor Scott : How can a lawyer help anyone who won't tell him the truth?