Larceny in Her Heart

[Stallings wants Mike to postpone his vacation to hunt for his missing stepdaughter, giving him a hefty check as an inducement]

Phyllis Hamilton:
The nerve of some people. They can't take no for an answer.

Michael Shayne:
Well, you don't want to be too hard on Stallings, dear. You'd be desperate, too, if a member of your family were missing.

[shows Phyllis the check]

Michael Shayne:
Look - isn't it pretty?

Phyllis Hamilton:
Where's your suitcase, darling? Our taxi's waiting.

Michael Shayne:
Oh, ah, well, you know after you left, I got to thinking...

Phyllis Hamilton:
And you decided to postpone our vacation.

Michael Shayne:
Well, no, not exactly. Well, as a matter of fact, after you left I did a little telephoning. I got a lead. Angel, I can find that missing girl inside of 48 hours.

Phyllis Hamilton:
Fine, I'll stay and help you.

Michael Shayne:
Angel, I said I could find her in 48 hours. That's without you - with you, it's indefinite.

Chief Gentry:
I thought you and Mike had buried the hatchet.

Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty:
I'd like to bury the hatchet right in his thick skull!

Michael Shayne:
Well, come right in, gentlemen. You, too, Rafferty.

[Mike sends Tim to rent a large car to transport an inconvenient corpse away from his office]

Tim Rourke:
I don't know why the guy picks on me. There are so many good guys to get for this job. There's Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman...

Michael Shayne:
What are you here for, business or pleasure?

Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty:
Both! It will be a pleasure to give you the business!

[last lines]

[a burly attendant knocks Mike out]

Asylum Attendant:
I'm sorry, lady, but he had it coming to him.

Phyllis Hamilton:
Oh, much obliged. It's the only way I could get him to go on a vacation.

Chief Gentry:
What's on your mind, Tim?

Tim Rourke:
Oh, nothing much. Just lookin' for news.

Chief Gentry:
Well, I'm awful sorry to disappoint you but we haven't had a homicide or a murder since about 11:15 last night.

Tim Rourke:
That's fine. How do you expect us to sell newspapers?