Borderline (1950)
Fred MacMurray: Johnny McEvoy - aka Johnny Macklin
Quotes
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Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : I can also keep my mouth shut in two languages.
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Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : What happened after kindergarten?
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : Well, uh, when I was in my teens, I was sent up. But I broke out within a month, and then I met Rocky.
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : Who was Rocky?
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : The only man I ever kissed...
[sigh]
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : I felt so sorry seeing him lying there on the cold cement. Mortally wounded.
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : What happened to him?
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : I shot him. I made sure that he'd never kiss another girl. Does, um, that answer your question?
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Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : I'm quitting, Mr. Whittaker.
Whittaker : Quitting, nonsense. You've shown yourself admirably equipped for this assignment. Isn't that right, McEvoy?
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : She has excellent equipment. And doesn't hesitate to use it.
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Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : Don't talk to any strangers.
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : I don't know any strangers
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[Johnny and Madeleine's car is pursued by Ritchie and his thugs]
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : Can't you go faster?
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : Maybe if I got out and pushed.
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Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : I got more names than a phone book.
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Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : How long you been knocking around in this racket?
Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue : Let's see. I started when I was in kindergarten I sold the stuff to my little pals. How'd you get mixed up with Harvey Gumbin?
Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin : Oh, that goes back a long way too. They put me in reform school when I was 4 - threw me in with a lotta hardened criminals of 7 or 8. I learned plenty. But they couldn't hold me. I broke out when I was 5. I met Gumbin and I've been with him ever since.