Dick Tracy 1990 quotes

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Most scenes together: Big Boy Caprice & Breathless Mahoney (2)

Dick Tracy quotes

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Itchy

Well, I guess that's the end of Dick! [snickering] Thirty seconds, no more Dick! Thirty seconds, no more Dick! Thirty seconds, no more Dick!

88 Keys

The girls are tired. We've been going all night. It's 2 a.m.

It's 2 a.m.? I'm about to turn this dump into the best place of a new era in entertainment, you're telling me it's 2 a.m.?

[smashes 88 Keys' the lid of the piano on 88 Keys' fingers]

PLAY THE PIANO!

Hey! That was a silly thing to do. He's the best piano player in town.

Shut up! Come here. Next time, I take his fingers and I turn them into pretzels. I just might do the same thing to your face.

[He slaps her. Terrified, 88 Keys starts playing again]

See? He's playing better already.

Thanks for calling. I was beginning to wonder what a girl had to do to get arrested.

Wearing that dress is a step in the right direction.

Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or the enemy of my friend my enemy?

Pat Patton

What?

Or enemy of my enemy my enemy?

Pat Patton

What'd he say?

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Sam Catchem

He said the enemy of his enemy is his enemy.

Pat Patton

Oh.

Mumbles, do you care to go over that again?
Ceramic bear that pours water, Tracy removes head to reveal a hidden tape recorder

Recorder

Rigwoydidit...rewinds...Wig woy idit...rewinds again...Big Boy did it.

Mumbles
[Tracy departs interrogation room]

W-w-wait!
Tracy turns around

Mumbles

88 Keys, the piano man, set you up. Big Boy paid him to get you out of the way.

Flattop
[shooting a wall with a machine gun]

: EAT LEAD TRACY.

Mrs. Trueheart

You have to understand Tess, that Dick Tracy is a hard man on himself. He could get elected President of the United States and complain that he was relegated to a desk job.

[Tracy residence. Knock on door]

Who is it?

Offstage voice

Mr. Tracy, this is Mrs. Snide from the orphanage. We need to speak to you about the runaway you have been harboring.

I did not hear anything from the orphanage about this.
[Tracy opens door to be greeted by Shoulders, Flattop and Itchy, who are ready to pounce on him]

[Wheelhouse of drawbridge. Big Boy has forced Lips Manlis into a steel box and is pouring wet concrete into it]

Oh look Lips, you dirtied your pretty tuxedo. Looks like you need a bath!

Lips Manlis

The "Bath"?! Not "the bath", Big Boy, not "the bath"!

It was great working for you but now it is time to retire.

Lips Manlis

Ain't we pals, Big Boy? Ain't we pals?

There are no pals in this business, Lips, you taught me that! I hate to do this, and I'm gonna miss you, but all is fair in love and business - Benjamin Franklin.

Lips Manlis
[Big Boy's hoods seal box and open trap door]

NO!

[They drop the crate into the water below]

All right, put the word out! Lips' territory is my territory now. Anyone who was working for him, is working for me. Everything he owns, I own!

[last words]

You were right, Tracy. I couldn't pull the trigger. [Dick Tracy: It was a good plan, Breathless. You almost pulled it off. The city would've been yours.] Yeah. You were my only mistake. Tell me the truth. Could it ever have happened between us? [she gives Dick Tracy one last kiss before succumbing to her wounds and dying]

All right, that is enough! I want them dead, both of them. I want this No Face dead and I want Tracy dead. What's the matter, you bums forgot how to kill people? Doesn't your work mean anything to you anymore? Have you no sense of pride in what you do? [yelling] No sense of DUTY?! No sense of DESTINY?! I'm looking for generals; what do I got?! Foot soldiers! [yelling even louder] I WANT DICK TRACY DEAD!!!