Verna Why don't ya keep it all?...Why don't ya? We could travel, buy things. That's what money's for. I'd look good in a mink coat, honey.
You'd look good in a shower curtain.
Played by Virginia Mayo 
White Heat (1949) · 19 quotes
White Heat (1949) · 19 quotes
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in White Heat (1949): in 5 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Arthur "Cody" Jarrett (4)
Scenes with Verna
5 scenes Verna The T-men have tied him in with us on the tunnel job...I dunno how they did it. Somebody must have tipped 'em.
Verna There's always somebody tipped 'em. Never the cops are smart.
[about his Ma leaving]
We have enough food in the house for a week. What did she have to go out for?
Verna You like strawberries, don't ya? Well, she just had to get some for her boy.
[Cody kicks her chair out from under her]
Verna [hiding out at a drive-in movie]
This is great, but where do we go after the second feature?
You're staying put. I'm the only one goin' anyplace.
Where, Cody?
To give myself up.
What are you talking about? You haven't a chance. Four dead - it'll be the gas chamber for sure.
You don't think I'm dumb enough to give myself up to the T-men, do ya?
Verna What's the difference? You walk into the cops and they turn ya over.
I pulled that Springfield heist - not Scratch Morton. I'm goin' up to Illinois and take a state rap. I'll get two years at the most...I couldn't be in both places at once, could I? Little thing I cooked up before we pulled the tunnel job.
You're the smartest there is, Cody.
Verna Sure it's smart, but what about me? What do I do for the next two years?
Same as ya did before he married you.
You better not, baby. I'll be back.
Verna I'll be waiting for you, honey. You can trust me.
Big Ed Now take it easy, baby. We're ready for him when he comes.
Verna I can't stand another night, Ed, listenin', goin' crazy. It ain't just like waitin' for some human being who wants to kill ya. Cody ain't human. Fill him full of lead and he'll still come at ya.
Big Ed Plug him and he drops, same as anybody else.
Verna The boys didn't think so. Why did they beat it down to San Berdoo?
Big Ed Because they know this is between me and Cody. They'll be back when it's over.
Verna You'll be dead.
Big Ed Maybe so. The time comes when a man's gotta stop runnin' away and face things. Or else go on runnin' for good.
Verna All right! Throw your life away! Stay here and shoot it out. Me? I'm goin'. I wanta live.
Big Ed Cody might have some ideas about that.
Verna I'll go someplace he'll never find me.
Big Ed The world ain't big enough, sugar, not when he finds out what you did to his Ma.
Verna You'd tell him?
Big Ed If you run out on me, why not?
Verna But I only did it for you, Ed. She had you covered.
Big Ed Cody still ain't gonna like to hear that she got it in the back. Feel more like stayin' now?
Verna Cody, my radio won't work.
Whuddya want for it, unemployment insurance?
Verna Can't I go down to San Berdoo and get it fixed?
Cody: Nobody leaves here unless I say so. Now you... [terrified, she flinches and recoils as he gestures toward her face] - whatsa matter, baby? I'm not gonna hurt ya. [He kisses her] Go and read your comic books. Good girl.
