Tight Spot (1955)

Brian Keith: Vince Striker

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• Sherry Conley : What is it with a cop? Always gotta call you sister!

  Vince Striker : Like mother better?

• Vince Striker : You models must lead a gay life for yourselves, heh? Never have to worry about who's gonna pick up the dinner tab.

  Sherry Conley : Hah!

  Vince Striker : It's not a gay life?

  Sherry Conley : What's gay about blistered feet and a bunch of sleazy married guys with ideas that were stale when the Romans was eaten lions?

• Vince Striker : Hey, Willoughby, aren't you afraid that stuff's going to spoil you for real police work?

  Mrs. Willoughby : [Reading pulp fiction novel, "He Stooped To Kill"]  The real thing is for six year olds. And the girls in these things, don't they ever get cold?

  Vince Striker : Not those girls.

  Mrs. Willoughby : Want to borrow it tonight?

  Vince Striker : Nah, anything sexier than "Popular Mechanics", I break out in a rash all over.

• Sherry Conley : How come you haven't asked me for a date tonight?

  Vince Striker : Oh, maybe I figured it was Saturday night, you're all tied up.

  Sherry Conley : Or, maybe you just don't like girls.

  Vince Striker : No, I never found anything I like better.

• Sherry Conley : I guess maybe these old rags of mine must look like Easter Parade 1902.

  Vince Striker : Look, sister, I wouldn't know styles if you shoved them down my throat.

  Sherry Conley : You sure of that, huh? Why? Because you had so many of them shoved down your throat?

• Lloyd Hallett : What's she like, Vince?

  Vince Striker : Oh, just like the rest of 'em that come through the line-up. Smart-talkin'. Brassy. Third-class citizen.

• Vince Striker : What did you do? Lie about your age?

  Sherry Conley : Who to? They're more interested that you're a real built kid; not how old a real built kid.

• Sherry Conley : He went on and said, eh, "Little girl like you shouldn't be waiting all alone for buses in this big, cold world. I'm gonna introduce you to friend of mine that makes bathing suits." So, I told him why I-I didn't know anything about how to make bathing suits. And he said, eh, " No, little lady, you wouldn't make 'em, you'd wear 'em." Then he went on to explain he didn't mean at beaches but at buyer shows were these, these outta town fellas, like himself, would come to pick up what ever looked good to 'em. And, eh, whatever looks good to these fellas is that old combination of, eh, most girl, least bathing suit, if you know what I mean.

  Vince Striker : Yeah, I think I do.

  Sherry Conley : So, I, got the bathing suit job.

• Girl Honeymooner : Is that blood on your shirt?

  Vince Striker : I took two bullets through the chest ma'am. Just routine.

  Fred Packer : It was actually three bullets ma'am. We haven't told him yet.

• Vince Striker : You can relax, honey.

  Sherry Conley : Well, thanks, I intend to.

  Vince Striker : 'Cause I could come back from ten years alone on the moon, half crazy, and watch you swimming and stripped at the Y for hours and walk out of there with no thoughts in my head except where I could get myself a good meal.

  Sherry Conley : Now, that was a crummy thing to say.

• Sherry Conley : I hope you don't object to a person lookin' out their own window?

  Vince Striker : You'll know right away if I object to anything.

  Sherry Conley : What do you do? Light up?