Detective Story (1951)

Horace McMahon: Lt. Monaghan

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Quotes 

• Lieutenant Monaghan : Can't you say "Yes, sir" without makin' it sound like an insult?

  Detective James McLeod : Yes, sir.

  Lieutenant Monaghan : You're gettin' too superior, McLeod, a one-man army against crime. What's eatin' you?

  Detective James McLeod : I hate criminals. I don't believe in coddling them.

• Detective James McLeod : [leaving the office]  Mind if I shave?

  Lieutenant Monaghan : Gotta have the last word, don't ya?

• Detective James McLeod : Where's your boy?

  [Asking about Karl Schneider] 

  Lieutenant Monaghan : He's ready to surrender himself on the warrant you had issued.

  Detective James McLeod : Fine. Bring him in.

  Endicott Sims : Before I do, I have here some photographs. Now these were taken only an hour ago.

  Lieutenant Monaghan : Nudes. Ugly, isn't he?

  Endicott Sims : He's no Mr. America.

  Lieutenant Monaghan : No, that he's not.

  Endicott Sims : Now you'll observe there are no bruises or lacerations of any kind. This is the way I'm delivering my client to you, and this is the way I want him back.

  Detective James McLeod : I should think that any change whatsoever would be an improvement.