Out of the Past (1947)

Paul Valentine: Joe

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• Joe : I often wondered what happened to him. Then one day I'm breezing through here, and there's his name up on a sign.

  Marney - Diner Owner : It's a small world.

  Joe : Yeah. Or a big sign.

• Marney - Diner Owner : Two things I can smell inside a hundred feet: a burnin' hamburger and a romance.

  Jim : You got a customer.

  Marney - Diner Owner : [to Joe]  What'll ya have?

  Joe : [not bothering to take the cigarette out of his mouth]  Coffee.

  Marney - Diner Owner : Nothing else?

  Joe : Cream.

• Joe : Newspaper guys. Wise guys! Who do they think they're kidding? So, he shot himself cleaning a cap pistol. So, I shot the ace of spades out of a sleeve during a gin game. A guy can't even get shot in his own apartment by a dame without the whole town starting to buzz like a, like a...

  Whit : Like you? Smoke a cigarette, Joe.