Sky Murder (1940)

Walter Pidgeon: Nick Carter

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• Bartholomew : [as Bartholomew suddenly comes in the door]  Bartholomew reports.

  Nick Carter : Look, will you scram?

  Bartholomew : Never! Your assistant goes where you go.

  Nick Carter : [In frustration]  Beeswax, didn't I tell you before I left New York that this was merely a pleasure jaunt?

  Bartholomew : Ah, but I never know when crime will rear its ugly kid.

• Senator Monrose : [Referring to Pat]  Why, anything you say. Do you mind if I remark the young lady is very attractive.

  Nick Carter : I'll say, she is like a magnet. She attracts steel, bombs, gunpowder, and sudden death.

• Nick Carter : Well, and one thing more - would you be afraid to take a chance of getting a knife in the back?

  Senator Monrose : Um, son, I've been a politician for forty years, and a knife in the back is an old story for me.

• Christine Cross : I got a clue for you. It has something to do with cake.

  Nick Carter : Cut me a slice, honey.

• Nick Carter : Have you any pull with the Army Air Corps?

  Senator Monrose : Oh, I've never voted against their appropriations.