Mannix (TV Series)

The Ragged Edge (1974)

Mike Connors: Joe Mannix

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Quotes 

• Lt. Art Malcolm : [Joe and Art are meeting in the middle of a bridge; Joe is going to pretend to kill Art]  They bought it, huh?

  Joe Mannix : So far.

  Lt. Art Malcolm : I hope you haven't forgotten how to miss.

  Joe Mannix : I hope you haven't forgotten how to swim.

  [shoots the gun off angle and Art jumps into the water] 

• Joe Mannix : Well, I'm not sure I said good morning. Good morning.

  Lorna Wilder : Coffee?

  Joe Mannix : Black.

  [looks around Lorna's patio and backyard] 

  Joe Mannix : Oh. Well, well. This is very nice.

  Lorna Wilder : He'll be glad to hear that.

  Joe Mannix : Who?

  Lorna Wilder : The man who pays the rent

  Joe Mannix : Who's he?

  Lorna Wilder : You'll meet him. You're still not the type.

  Joe Mannix : Well, let me tell you something. I can take it or leave it alone.

  Lorna Wilder : That's not what it says in the paper.

  [Joe looks at the newspaper with the headline, "POLICE LIEUTENANT MURDERED.", showing Art Malcolm's picture] 

• Frank Marr : [reading the newspaper about Art Malcolm's murder]  You did very well last night, Mannix.

  Joe Mannix : Did I?

  Frank Marr : Mm. I have a simpler job for you today.

  Joe Mannix : I'm not using a gun again.

  Frank Marr : No, no, no guns.

  Joe Mannix : What's the job?

  Frank Marr : Well, you're going to meet a man and arrange a purchase for me.

  Joe Mannix : Why me?

  Frank Marr : Well, there are several reasons. First: you cannot be connected with me in any way. Two: you are now not only a fugitive, but a murderer. And three: I have your gun, which even an amateur ballistics man could match with the bullet that killed Lieutenant Malcolm. So you see, you are the perfect go-between.

  Joe Mannix : Hm. Who do I meet?

  Frank Marr : His name is, um... Mr. Green.

  [shows Joe a slip of paper] 

  Frank Marr : That's the address. And you'll, uh...

  [pulls out a pair of car keys] 

  Frank Marr : ... use the blue sedan out in front. You will tell Mr. Green... the offer is three million.

  Joe Mannix : Three million? That sounds like pure H. There's no way that much stuff could be brought in these days. Not after that bust. There's just too much security.

  Frank Marr : [chuckles]  You know, you're right. It's not being brought in, it's already here. Now you can leave.

  Joe Mannix : What do I get out of all this?

  Frank Marr : [slides Joe the address card]  What you need... wherever you need it.