The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Olin Howland: Chief of Police Jonathan Meek
Quotes
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Chief Jonathan Meek : First case I ever covered where they had the butler show you the body.
Phillips, the Butler : Follow me.
Chief Jonathan Meek : [awed by the size of the house] If I owned this, I'd subdivide it.
Coroner Tim Larson : What a beautiful funeral parlor this would make!
Chief Jonathan Meek : Make a better courthouse.
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Chief Jonathan Meek : [referring to Peggy, the cook, a former girlfriend] She's been sore at me ever since I took her to that Halloween dances last year.
Michael Shayne : Yeah?
Chief Jonathan Meek : Yeah, she forgot her mask. All I said was "You don't need one." Women's funny ctitters!
Michael Shayne : [laconically] You know I can't understand why she should be sore.