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Noir Quotes-His Kind of Woman (1951)

“This story didn’t happen in Italy. It only started there.” (voice over) “Guess what upper crust crumb just bought a plushy villa looking over the Bay of Naples?” (radio) “I went down there to cure a cold and wound up … Continue reading

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His Kind of Woman (1951)

“I was just getting ready to take my tie off. Wondering if I should hang myself with it.” His Kind of Woman begins in a beautiful villa in Italy where exiled drug czar and psychotic crime boss Nick Ferraro (Raymond … Continue reading

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Noir Quotes–Naked Alibi (1954)

“Stinking cops. Nobody socks me around like that. Nobody. I get even. I always do.” (Gene Barry as Al Willis) “I don’t want to go downtown. They’ll beat me.” (Gene Barry as Al Willis) “Shooting off at the mouth is … Continue reading

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Noir Quotes-Dead Reckoning (1947)

“Right now the cops are after me. Not that I’ve done anything wrong, father.” (Bogart/Murdock to priest) “If I can’t work this out, I want somebody to know what happened.” (Bogart as Murdock to priest) “Didn’t I tell you, all females … Continue reading

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Film Noir Quotes–The Velvet Touch (1948)

“Love…I don’t even know how you spell it.” “I’ll tell him things he won’t be able to forget and believe me, what I can’t invent I’ll leave to his imagination.” “When I get finished talking, if he ever touches you, … Continue reading

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Film Noir Quotes–The Scar aka Hollow Triumph (1948)

“It’s a bitter little world full of sad surprises, and you don’t go around letting people hurt you.“ from The Scar (1948)

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Film Noir Quotes–Double Indemnity (1944)

“Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money–and a woman–and I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman. Pretty, isn’t it?” “How could I have known that murder could sometimes smell of Honeysuckle.” Walter Neff in … Continue reading

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