Mannix (TV Series)
Woman in the Shadows (1971)
Mike Connors: Joe Mannix
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Quotes
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Joe Mannix : I was trying to help you, Adam. I brought her in for questioning, so what do you do? You book her and you throw her into a cell.
Lt. Adam Tobias : I had to, I think she killed Lisa Ralph.
Joe Mannix : And I say she didn't.
Lt. Adam Tobias : Why? Because she has a romantic accent and a good set of legs?
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Lisa Ralph : Are you Mr. Mannix?
Joe Mannix : That's right.
Lisa Ralph : My name is Lisa Ralph. May I come in?
Joe Mannix : Of course.
Lisa Ralph : I'm sorry to break I like this.
Joe Mannix : Well, that's perfectly alright, Ms. Ralph.
Lisa Ralph : Uh, Mrs. Ralph.
Joe Mannix : Please, sit down.
Lisa Ralph : Thank you. I've never hired a private detective before. Is it alright if I give you a retainer tonight and...
Joe Mannix : Oh, now, let's not rush into this, Mrs. Ralph. Uh, I like to know a little bit about a case before I take it.
Lisa Ralph : Yes, of course.
Joe Mannix : Excuse me. Now uh, what makes you think you need a private detective?
Lisa Ralph : I think someone is trying to kill me.
[Joe abruptly looks up at her. Outside, the man who was following Lisa Ralph walks up to the outside of Joe's apartment]
Lisa Ralph : I jumped out of my car right past the tunnel. He chased me all the way back to the observatory, and I got away on a bus.
Joe Mannix : Can you, uh, describe the man?
Lisa Ralph : I didn't get a good look at him. I was running away.
Joe Mannix : Have you any idea why someone would want to kill you?
Lisa Ralph : No.
Joe Mannix : Why didn't you go to the police?
Lisa Ralph : I have personal reasons.
Joe Mannix : Mmm. Too personal to tell me?
Lisa Ralph : No, I suppose not. Mr. Mannix, uh, could... could I please have a brandy?
Joe Mannix : Of course.
Lisa Ralph : If I go to the police, my husband will know where I am.
Joe Mannix : And, uh, you wouldn't want that?
Lisa Ralph : No. I'm leaving him.
Joe Mannix : Where is your husband?
Lisa Ralph : He's at our home in San Francisco.
[Joe gives her the brandy he poured for her]
Lisa Ralph : Thank you. All he knows is that I came or Los Angeles to my father's estate.
Joe Mannix : Uh-huh. Was it a large estate? I mean, could that be the reason somebody would want to kill you?
Lisa Ralph : There is practically no estate at all. My father was a professor.
Joe Mannix : I see. Tell me, Mrs. Ralph, exactly what do you want me to do?
Lisa Ralph : I want to know who was after me and why. And there's my car. Could you drive me there?
Joe Mannix : Well, I, uh... I think I better go after it alone. I'll grab a can at the corner. You see, there, uh, maybe somebody waiting up there, hoping you'll come back.
Lisa Ralph : I didn't think of that.
[gives Joe the keys]
Lisa Ralph : Here's the key.
[Joe looks at the key]
Lisa Ralph : What is it?
Joe Mannix : I was just thinking that, uh, even though you were running for your life, you had the presence of mind to grab the car key.
Lisa Ralph : A habit, I suppose.
Joe Mannix : Yeah. Of course.
[walks towards the door and grabs his coat]
Joe Mannix : I'm going to, uh, lock this door.
[Lisa Ralph nods as Joe opens the door]
Joe Mannix : Don't open for anyone... except me.