The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

James Gleason: Inspector Mike O'Hara

Quotes 

• Inspector Mike O'Hara : [to Lawrence]  Oh, the great Falcon! I haven't seen you in half a dozen murders!

• Inspector Mike O'Hara : Start talkin' and talk fast, or I'll tell you where you're goin'.

  Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke : Go ahead. Put the cuffs on me. A stretch in the clink will be like livin' at the Ritz after what I've been through.

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : I accept your resignation.

• Detective Bates : [Driving while looking for the Falcon's car]  I don't see any cars, Chief.

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : Did it creep into that skull of yours that maybe he deliberately gave you a bum steer?

  Detective Bates : No, sir, did it in yours?

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : No! Shut up!

• Inspector Mike O'Hara : Go ahead, Follow 'em!

  Detective Bates : Why, Chief?

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : [Condescendingly]  Because I got a gold badge and you only got a silver badge, and I want you to follow him. You don't mind, do yuh?

  Detective Bates : No, of course not, Chief.

• Inspector Mike O'Hara : This case ain't as simple as it seems. If it ain't handled right, it's liable to land me and you and your boss right in the middle of the East River in a concrete nightgown!

  Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke : So?

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : [Trying to pin a badge on Goldy]  So all I want you to do is accept this little token of my esteem and consider yourself my special confidential deputy.

  Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke : [Angrily slapping the badge away]  It's still a stool pigeon where I come from!

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : OK, take a choice: sing or Sing-Sing.

  Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke : Listen, O'Hara, you can't scare me, see. I know the law. You can't pin nothin' on me until you prove Corpus Delicious!

  Inspector Mike O'Hara : I'll give you 24 hours to make up your mind.

• Inspector Mike O'Hara : We happen to know your boss is gettin' himself mixed up in this murder. And what we want to know is where he goes and what he does.

  Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke : You're on wrong floor, mister. The rats is in the basement.