“I went to call the cops, but I knew she'd be dead before they got...” – Michael O'Hara, The Lady from Shanghai ... Movie Quotes Database

A scene from The Lady from Shanghai 1947

I went to call the cops, but I knew she'd be dead before they got there and I'd be free. Bannister's note to the DA would fix it. I'd be innocent officially, but that's a big word - innocence. Stupid's more like it. Well, everybody is somebody's fool. The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old, so I guess I'll concentrate on that. Maybe I'll live so long that I'll forget her. Maybe I'll die trying.

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