I don't know what Quinlan thinks she's got to do with it.
Adair
Tana? Oh, maybe she'll cook chili for him, or, uh, bring out the crystal ball.
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Orson Welles · 22 quotes
Susan Vargas
Janet Leigh · 5 quotes
Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas
Charlton Heston · 4 quotes
Schwartz
Mort Mills · 4 quotes
Tana
Marlene Dietrich · 4 quotes
Uncle Joe Grandi
Akim Tamiroff · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Police Captain Hank Quinlan & Tana (3)
Touch of Evil quotes
Page 2 of 3Mike, do you realize this is the very first time we've been together in my country?
Vargas
Do you realize I haven't kissed you in over an hour?
Isn't somebody gonna come and take him away?
Yeah, in just a few minutes. You really liked him didn't you?
The cop did... the one who killed him... he loved him.
Well, Hank was a great detective all right.
And a lousy cop.
Is that all you have to say for him?
He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?
Goodbye Tana.
Adiós.
We're closed.
You've been cookin' at this hour?
Just cleanin' up.
Have you forgotten your old friend, hmm?
I told you we were closed.
I'm Hank Quinlan.
I didn't recognize you. You should lay off those candy bars.
It's either the candy or the hooch. I must say, I wish it was your chili I was gettin' fat on. Anyway, you're sure lookin' good.
You're a mess, honey.
Yeah. That pianola sure brings back memories.
The customers go for it - it's so old, it's new. We got the television too. We run movies. What can I offer you?
Vargas
Captain, you won't have any trouble with me.
You bet your sweet life, I won't.
Vargas
That boy may be unpleasant, but he could even be innocent, you know.
Intuition?
Vargas
Why not? Quinlan doesn't have a monopoly on hunches.
Vargas
This could be very bad for us.
For us?
Vargas
For Mexico, I mean.
Vargas
Well, Captain, I'm afraid this is finally something you can't talk your way out of.
...you killed him, Vargas.
Vargas
Come on, now. Give me my gun back.
...you killed Pete. The bullet is from your gun.
Vargas
You think anyone would believe that?
They always believe me. Anyway, they'll never believe I killed him.
Vargas
The gun?
You're resisting arrest.
Vargas
How could you arrest me here? This is my country.
This is where you're gonna die.
Vargas
You framed that boy.
FRAMED him!
[about his wife's killer]
I followed around after him...ate my heart out trying to catch him but I never did. That was the last killer that ever got out of my hands.
[about Vargas]
He's a drug addict. He's got that young wife of his hooked too, but good. If I hadn't seen that hypodermic myself...That's how come he happens to imagine all those crazy things. It's typical. What that wife of his was doing on that dive on skid row. Both a couple of junkies. Course he's using the job as a cover-up.
[after being shot by Menzies]
Pete. That's the second bullet I, I stopped for you.
[Quinlan fires a pistol at Vargas, not hitting him]
That wasn't no miss, Vargas. That was just to turn you 'round, so I don't have to shoot you in the back. Unless you'd rather run for it.
[to Menzies]
Look out. Vargas'll turn you into one of these here starry-eyed idealists. They're the ones making all the real trouble in the world. Be careful, they're worse than crooks. You can always do something with a crook.
Don't you think I could have been rich? A cop in my position. What do I have...after thirty years, a little turkey ranch - that's all I got. A couple of acres.