Edmond O'Brien: Johnny Midnight

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• Sgt. Sam Olivera : Johnny, why don't you think it over, huh?

  Johnny Midnight : There's nothing to think over. He's a friend of mine. He wrote the first hit I ever produced and he'll do it again.

  Sgt. Sam Olivera : He will do what again?

  Johnny Midnight : Lupo, you're a cop. I don't think you know about talent. Let me tell you something about talent. Talent is something you never lose. You may lose confidence, you may get so insecure you can never crawl out of a gin bottle, but talent - once you have it - you never lose it.

  Sgt. Sam Olivera : Okay, I'm a cop. I don't know talent, but I know trouble when I see it.