Psycho (1960)
Martin Balsam: Det. Milton Arbogast
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Milton Arbogast : Oh, someone has seen her, all right. Someone always sees a girl with $40,000.
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Milton Arbogast : Well, if it doesn't jell, it isn't aspic, and this ain't jellin'!
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Milton Arbogast : We're always quickest to doubt people who have a reputation for being honest.
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Milton Arbogast : Now, if this girl, Marion Crane, were here - you wouldn't be hiding her would you?
Norman Bates : No.
Milton Arbogast : Not even if she paid you?
Norman Bates : No.
Milton Arbogast : Lets just say, just for the sake of argument, that she wanted you to gallantly protect her, you'd know that you were being used. That you wouldn't be made a fool of, would you?
Norman Bates : Well, I'm not a fool. And I'm not capable of being fooled! Not even by a woman.
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Milton Arbogast : The last two days I've been to so many motels, my eyes are bleary with neon; but, this is the first place that looks like it's hiding from the world.
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Milton Arbogast : Did you come up here on just a hunch? Nothing more?
Lila Crane : Not even a hunch, just hope.
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Milton Arbogast : I'm a private investigator. I've been trying to trace a girl that's been missing for - oh - about a week now from Phoenix. It's a private matter. The family wants to forgive her. She's not in any trouble.
Norman Bates : I don't think the police went looking for people who aren't in trouble.
Milton Arbogast : Oh, I'm not the police.
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Milton Arbogast : Did she make any phone calls even...
Norman Bates : [nervously] No.
Milton Arbogast : locally?
Norman Bates : No.
Milton Arbogast : Did you spend the night with her?
Norman Bates : No.
Milton Arbogast : Well, how would you know she didn't make any phone calls?
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Norman Bates : You out to buy a motel?
Milton Arbogast : No.
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Milton Arbogast : Sick old women are usually pretty sharp.
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Norma Bates : I guess that's about it. I've got some work to do, if you don't mind.
Milton Arbogast : Well, to tell you the truth, I do mind. You see, if it doesn't jell it ain't aspic and - this ain't jelling. It's not coming together. Something's missing.