Bullets or Ballots

Al Kruger:
Oh, we don't believe in letting the bank handle our records.

Johnny Blake:
Yeah, I noticed that.

Johnny Blake:
What's the matter? Did you hurt your ears?

Al Kruger:
The boys think you're working for him. I'm wondering.

'Bugs' Fenner:
I'm not.

Johnny Blake:
I don't like guys who put their hands on me.

Lee Morgan:
I guess that wasn't poetry about friends finding an easy place to break your back.

Al Kruger:
It's a top job, all right, but it's the last one a guy ever holds. There's only one way out.

Lee Morgan:
If Mike catches you back there, he'll crown you.

Herman:
Yeah, but he isn't here.

Herman:
He's no good, Miss Lee.

'Bugs' Fenner:
She knows it.

Herman:
So do I.

Mr. Thorndyke:
Why did you try to take over the job?

Johnny Blake:
I didn't try and take it over, I took it over.

Capt. Dan 'Mac' McLaren:
I don't care to say.

Lee Morgan:
I'll wait for you.

Johnny Blake:
You'll have to wait too long.

Lee Morgan:
You're a funny fella, Johnny. When you come out of your shell, you're really human.

Johnny Blake:
Well, I don't like to see decent people pushed around.

Johnny Blake:
But I didn't get much out of you the last time I gave you a going-over.

Al Kruger:
You came close to it.

Johnny Blake:
I wish I'd known it then. You'd have got some more. I wanted to get you on that rap.

Mr. Hollister:
I'd still look around if I were you, Mr. Kruger, because if you make just one more mistake, you're through.

Al Kruger:
What do you mean, through?

Mr. Hollister:
There's just one way to interpret it. That's all, Mr. Kruger.

Capt. Dan 'Mac' McLaren:
I've had that attitude because half the commissions were nothing but political sops thrown to the public to keep them quiet. The other half did just what they were supposed to do. They investigated, wrote a report on it, took a swing at the police department and went home.

Capt. Dan 'Mac' McLaren:
Plans are no good when they leak ahead of time... and I've seen some leaks in high places.

Lee Morgan:
Well, it's time you got wise to yourself. Around this town the only reason friends pat you on the back is to find an easy place to break it.

Johnny Blake:
You like me pretty well. Well, that goes both ways.

Johnny Blake:
I just want to thank you for the kick in the teeth.

Al Kruger:
Why, I've heard guys that you've sent to prison say that if you ever made a deal, you'd see yourself dead before you'd go back on it.

'Bugs' Fenner:
You know, that hat on the bed might be bad luck.

Al Kruger:
For you or for me?

Al Kruger:
You've got him wrong, Nick.

'Bugs' Fenner:
Yeah, well, he's still a cop to me.

Al Kruger:
Well, if it makes you happy, you keep right on thinking so.

Al Kruger:
Not bad for one week's take on pinball games.

Johnny Blake:
I wouldn't cry about it.

Johnny Blake:
What are you afraid of?

Louie Vinci:
I don't like the way your face is fastened on.

Johnny Blake:
I'll be down tomorrow morning and give you a chance to change it.