The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Richard Erdman: Al

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  [Reporter Casey Mayo has tossed his "little black book", containing information on his girlfriends, to Al, his photographer] 

  Al : [Looks at the information on one page]  Wow!

  [He reads the following page] 

  Al : Oh, brother!

• [first lines] 

  Casey Mayo : [friendly waking up Al in the backseat of his car]  Hey,

  [rustles his hair] 

  Casey Mayo : sleepy.

  Al : [wakes up slightly startled]  Where?

  [sign reads: West Coast Telephone Co] 

• Casey Mayo : [to an office boy who has just read Mayo's story about the murder]  Sudden death sells papers, son.

  Al : Lesson number one in modern journalism.

  Casey Mayo : Lesson number two - add the element of sex.

  [writes down on paper] 

  Casey Mayo : "Beautiful blonde defending her virtue..."

  Al : [in a demanding tone]  What makes you think she's a blonde?

  Casey Mayo : Chinese boy who showed her to Prebble's table.

  Al : To an Oriental all American women are beautiful blondes.

• Al : [presenting a cheesecake drawing]  If you want to improve your mind...

  Casey Mayo : I'll take mine in the flesh.

  Police Capt. Sam Haynes : That's how Prebble got his.

• Al : I don't dig your code system. What does three exclamation points after a girl's name mean?

  Casey Mayo : Hey! That's private stuff.

  Al : I can dream, can't I?