A Date with the Falcon (1942)
James Gleason: Inspector Mike O'Hara
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Quotes
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Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : What's the matter, Bates? Can't you take 'em?
Detective Bates : [Trying to act macho] Are you gonna come quietly, Falcon?
Gay Lawrence : [Putting his finger by his lips and mouthing a 'shhh'] Yeah, I won't even wake you up.
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Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : [to Helen, sarcastically about Gay] I'm beginning to think that the worst thing I could do to that guy is let you catch up with him.
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Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : [Discovering that he has mistaken a phony diamond for a real one] That settles it! I'm gonna change my wife's stone for a washing machine!
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Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : Wait a minute, Falcon. You can't let me down! You're the only guy who knows the diamond racket inside out.
Gay Lawrence : Get thee behind me, O'Hara.
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Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : [Understating] Only a little murder wrap is all.
Helen Reed : Murder?
Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : Yes.
Helen Reed : What makes you think you're a detective? Just because your arches are broken down?
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Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : [Seeing Gay and Helen embracing] Awww, touching, ain't it?
Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke : [Referring to a bet he's lost to Helen] Yeah, touches me for a buck.
Gay Lawrence : [Leaving with O'Hara] Oh, good-bye, darling.
Helen Reed : [Taking the dollar from Goldie] Yes, it'll be a down payment on my straight jacket.
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Gay Lawrence : I'm just an innocent bystander.
Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara : Rather a peculiar place to do your by-standing, isn't it?
