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Willard Gates: Don't you trust me?
Philip Raven: Who trusts anybody?
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Willard Gates: Raven... how do you feel when you're doing...
[indicates murder headlines]
Willard Gates: this?
Philip Raven: I feel fine.
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Ruby: What's the matter? You look like you've been on a hayride with Dracula.
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Sen. Burnett: No mystery about me, just a hick lawyer the voters got stuck with.
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Albert Baker: This is the gal.
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Philip Raven: You are trying to make me go soft. Well, you can save it. I don't go soft for anybody.
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Philip Raven: [Ellen is wrapping a handkerchief around Raven's wrist] That's enough.
Ellen Graham: You're a funny guy. You like my doing that, but you won't admit it.
Philip Raven: That's sucker talk.
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Willard Gates: Such a lovely body. It's revolting.
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[first lines]
Annie: It's after 2:00. Can I come in now?
[pause]
Annie: Hey, you in or aren't ya?
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[last lines]
Philip Raven: You didn't tell the cops, did ya?
[Ellen shakes her head]
Philip Raven: Did I do all right for you?
[Ellen nods as Raven dies]
Ellen Graham: Oh, Michael, my darling. Hold me.
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Philip Raven: So, you're a copper's girl.
Ellen Graham: How do you know that?
Philip Raven: He was here looking for you and he'd better stay away from me.
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[referring to Ellen who is bound, gagged and unconscious]
Tommy: I never even scratched her. We're a cinch. In a couple of hours, the bridge over the reservoir will be deserted. Now look...
Willard Gates: Don't tell me! I don't what to know anything about it.
Tommy: This is a work of art. The ropes come off. I tie sash weights to her ankles with soft catgut.
Willard Gates: Please. That's a horrible word.
Tommy: Now get the angle on this! She disappears - two weeks, maybe three, then up she pops. None of this stuff on her anymore. No marks - a suicide. Now isn't that beautiful?
Willard Gates: It's loathsome. Be sure no one sees you.
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[discussing Raven's fee for murdering the blackmailer, Albert Baker]
Willard Gates: Direct from the bank as I promised. Oh, I see your point, of course. If the bills were bad, you couldn't very well complain to the police, could you?
Philip Raven: I'm my own police.
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