This Girl for Hire (1983 TV Movie)

Bess Armstrong: B.T. Brady

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• [first lines] 

  B.T. Brady : [narrating]  It had been one of those 48 hour days, I'd spent it chasing down blind alleys with a pro quarterback who was being blackmailed. I knew when I took the case I'd find it was just some fan's prank. But I'd never been down a blind alley with a Los Angelos Ram before and a little touch football sounded like fun. It was.

• Lieutenant Phil Hansen : You know I'm only doing this out of a base self interest.

  B.T. Brady : Bucking for promotion?

  Lieutenant Phil Hansen : No, I'm hoping for a date. And I don't think I'll ever get you to say yes if Jackson kills you first.

  B.T. Brady : Cheerful.

• B.T. Brady : [narrating]  My second note of the day. It's a good thing this isn't radio.

• Wolfe Macready : Your mother doesn't want you doing anything dangerous...

  B.T. Brady : It's a manuscript. I have to deliver it to a producer.

  Wolfe Macready : Oh, well, I guess that's ok. They only stab you in the back if you're in the business.

• B.T. Brady : [narrating]  Just like in a Dick Powell movie, a gigantic black hole opened up at my feet and I dived right in...

• [last lines] 

  B.T. Brady : Show me your legs.

• B.T. Brady : And I don't believe in taking work home with me.