Edmond O'Brien: Johnny Midnight

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Johnny Midnight : [Storm is raging, rain beating against window]  Good night to have a roof over your head.

  Aki : They're calling this one Hurricane Emily.

  Johnny Midnight : You notice whenever they want a name for something violent they call it by a woman's name?

  Aki : Proves women are always the troublemakers.

  Johnny Midnight : Ah, but such beautiful trouble.

• Johnny Midnight : [Walking into a bustling crime scene with police everywhere]  Well, you got it all solved, Dan?

  Lt. Dan Harmon : Sure. I just fool around like this to make it look tough.

• Johnny Midnight : I'll believe you, Paula, if you tell me the truth.

  Paula : Cut it out, Johnny. You had me in the electric chair the minute you saw Earl's body on the floor.

• Johnny Midnight : Do I strike you as the kind of man who makes up his mind before the facts are in?

  Aki : Well, let me put it this way, Mr. Midnight. They say to err is human, and you are human. Oh, here's something else to remember. They say to a blindfolded man coconut tree and pineapple tree feel the same. Only way to tell difference is to open eyes.

  Johnny Midnight : What's that, an old Japanese proverb?

  Aki : No, I just made it up. But it's legit!

  Johnny Midnight : Huh. It is, Aki. It's very legit. Thank you.