Chinatown

Morty: In the middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns! Only in L.A. Man with Knife: You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses. [flicks knife, cutting open Jake's nostril] Next time you lose the whole thing. Cut it off and feed it to my goldfish. Understand? Understand!? Lawrence Walsh: Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

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Curly: She's just no good. Gittes: What can I tell you, kid? You're right. When you're right, you're right, and you're right.

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Evelyn: I've never hired you to do anything, certainly not to spy on my husband. I see you like publicity, Mr. Gittes. Well, you're going to get it. Gittes: Now wait a minute, Mrs. Mulwray. I think there's been some misunderstanding here. There's no point in getting tough with me. I'm just trying-- Evelyn: I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does.

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Yelburton: After you've worked with a man a certain length of time, you come to know his habits, his values - you come to know him - and either he's the kind who chases after women or he isn't. Gittes: Mulwray isn't? Yelburton: He never even kids about it. Gittes: Well, maybe he takes it very seriously.

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Gittes: Mulvihill! What are you doing here? Mulvihill: They shut my water off. What's it to you? Gittes: How'd you find out about it? You don't drink it; you don't take a bath in it... They wrote you a letter. But then you have to be able to read.

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Gittes: I'm not in business to be loved, but I am in business. And believe me, Mrs. Mulwray, whoever set your husband up set me up. LA's a small town, people talk. I'm just trying to make a living. I don't want to become a local joke. Evelyn: Mr. Gittes. You talked me into it. I'll drop the lawsuit. Gittes: What? Evelyn: I said I'll drop the lawsuit. So let's just drop the whole thing. Gittes: I don't want to drop it. I'd better talk to your husband about this. Evelyn: Why? What on earth for? Hollis seems to think you're an innocent man. Gittes: Well, I've been accused of a lot of things before, Mrs. Mulwray, but never that. Look. Somebody's gone to a lot of trouble here and lawsuit or no lawsuit, I intend to find out. I'm not supposed to be the one who's caught with his pants down. So unless it's a problem, I'd like to talk to your husband. Evelyn: Why should it be a problem? Gittes: May I speak frankly, Mrs. Mulwray? Evelyn: Only if you can, Mr. Gittes. Gittes: Well, that little girl

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