His Girl Friday (1940)

Porter Hall: Murphy

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• Sheriff Hartwell : Please don't call me 'Pinky'.

  Murphy : Why not?

  Sheriff Hartwell : Because I got a name, see... and it's Peter B. Hartwell.

  McCue, reporter : What's the "B" for?

  Murphy : Bull.

• Hildy Johnson : [speaking on the phone to Bruce]  There's an old newspaper superstition that the first big check you get, you put in the lining of your hat. In your hat! It brings good luck.

  Murphy : I've been a reporter for 20 years - I never heard that before.

  Hildy Johnson : [to Murphy]  Neither did I.

• Bensinger : [speaking into a phone]  Here's the situation on the eve on the hanging.

  Murphy : [listening, picks up his phone]  This is Murphy. More slop on the hanging.

  Bensinger : A double guard has been thrown around the jail, municipal buildings, railroad terminals and elevated stations to prepare for the expected uprising of radicals at the hour of execution.

  Murphy : Ready? The sheriff has just put 200 more relatives on the payroll to protect the city from the Red Army, which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.

  Endicott : Trouble is, when the real Red Menace shows up, the Sheriff will still be cryin' wolf.

• Endicott : That's what I'd like, a job on the side.

  Murphy : A desk and a stenographer. I wouldn't mind a nice, big blonde.

  Wilson, reporter : With big, brown eyes.

• Hildy Johnson : The next time you see me, I shall be riding in a Rolls Royce giving interviews on success.

  Murphy , McCue, reporter , Wilson, reporter , Bensinger , Endicott : Goodbye.

  Hildy Johnson : So long, you wage slaves.

  Murphy , McCue, reporter , Wilson, reporter , Bensinger , Endicott : Bye.

  Hildy Johnson : Well, when you're climbing up fire escapes and getting kicked out of front doors and eating Christmas dinners at one-arm joints - don't forget your pal, Hildy Johnson.

• Murphy : [on the phone]  Here's a little feature though. There's been an accident about a tear bomb. Yeah, a tear bomb. Tear bomb. Criminals cry for it!

• Murphy : An old lady just called the Detective Bureau and claims Williams is hiding under her piazza.

  McCue, reporter : Tell her to stand up.

  Endicott : Well, we looked every other place.