They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)

Sidney Poitier: Virgil Tibbs

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• Virgil Tibbs : A case is never solved until a judge says it is.

• [talking about Rice Weedon] 

  Puff : You killed him.

  Virgil Tibbs : Look, let's get the record straight. He started that shoot out.

  Puff : Well, you bastard, you killed the wrong man he didn't do it!

• Logan Sharpe : I never pay much attention to jewelry, Virg'.

  Virgil Tibbs : You're wearing some.

  Logan Sharpe : This was my mother's. You may remember having seen her wear it.

  Virgil Tibbs : I don't pay much attention to jewelry either.

• Virgil Tibbs : You know, in less than ten years now, you're going to be on your own. Schools are through, the army's through, your mother and me - we'll be through. You'll be on your own then, Mr., you ever thought of that one? And what are you going to do? What are you going to be?

  Andy Tibbs : Well, that depends.

  Virgil Tibbs : On what?

  Andy Tibbs : On you.

  Virgil Tibbs : How?

  Andy Tibbs : If you don't have any money, I'll be a bum. But if you rich, I'll be a playboy.

• Virgil Tibbs : We found your fingerprints in there, Whedon.

  Rice Weedon : You can find my fingerprints all over this building.

  Puff : He's a very friendly landlord.

• [last lines] 

  Reporter : How is he, Mister Tibbs?

  Virgil Tibbs : He's dead.

  Reporter : But it was an accident?

  Virgil Tibbs : Yes.

  Reporter : But he was in custody?

  Virgil Tibbs : Yes.

  Reporter : Do you consider the case solved?

  Virgil Tibbs : The case is never solved until the judge...

• Virgil Tibbs : I read somewhere, a famous psychologist once said that, uh, if your kid sees you pat your wife on the fanny and she looks like she likes it, then it gives them a healthy attitude toward sex.

• Rice Weedon : Woah, Lieutenant! Always a pleasure. Now, Lieutenant Tibbs, that is Puff.

  Virgil Tibbs : Always a pleasure.

  Puff : Which is it, army, navy, or airforce?

  Virgil Tibbs : Homicide.

  Puff : Ah, do tell. But you're not fuzzy fuzz, are you?

• Puff : Have a shot of sixteen year old bourbon, $12.95 a fifth? That's the attraction here.

  Virgil Tibbs : Thanks. Soda.

  Rice Weedon : Puff is the most amusing little chick this side of the morgue.

  Puff : But I love him. He beats me.

• Virgil Tibbs : You picked the right man, Puff. He's big. He owns three fire traps over at the Potrero section and inspectors don't bother him. Nobody bothers him.

  Puff : He doesn't love you, Honey. Even with that $12.95 taste in his mouth. I wonder why.

• Virgil Tibbs : If you're gonna do it, do it properly, and make sure you enjoy it.