The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Alan Ladd: Johnny Morrison
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Quotes
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Joyce Harwood : Well, don't you even say 'Good night'?
Johnny Morrison : It's "good-bye", and it's tough to say good-bye.
Joyce Harwood : Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.
Johnny Morrison : Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you.
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Johnny Morrison : [after being picked up] You oughta have more sense than to take chances with strangers like this.
Joyce Harwood : Funny, but practically all the people I know were strangers when I met them. I'm going to Malibu. Is that any use to you?
Johnny Morrison : What's in Malibu?
Joyce Harwood : Houses, people. I have some friends there.
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Man Recommending a Motel : [walking into the cheap motel] Clean sheets every day they tell me.
Johnny Morrison : How often do they change the fleas?
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Johnny Morrison : [to the partygoers] Seems I've lost my manners or would anyone here know the difference?
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Johnny Morrison : [discovering his wife in close proximity to Harwood] You've got the wrong lipstick on, Mister.
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Corelli : You still want that room?
Johnny Morrison : [sarcastically] If you're sure nobody's dead in it?
Corelli : [leading him to the room] Right back this way. You live in San Francisco?
Johnny Morrison : [laconically] Yeah, when I'm there.
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Eddie Harwood : Half the cops in L.A. are looking for you.
Johnny Morrison : Only half?
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Buzz Wanchek : [sitting down at the bar with two friends] Bourbon straight with a bourbon chaser.
Johnny Morrison : Same.
George Copeland : Two separate glasses. Get it?
Bartender at Gus' : Why wouldn't I get it?
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Johnny Morrison : I'm sorry, but nothing seems funny to me tonight. It all blows up in your face sometimes.
Joyce Harwood : What does?
Johnny Morrison : Whatever you're doing, whereever you're going.