Once a Thief (1965)

Zekial Marko: Luke

Quotes 

• Luke : Lickity split talk talk jazz.

• Luke : [singing to his black arresting officer]  We shall overcome.

  [laughs] 

• Inspector Mike Vido SFPD : You're place is a shootin' gallery, isn't it?

  Luke : If they want a shoot a bit, that's their bag, not mine. I'm clean. Check my lines. Just boo, grass, juice, straight, you know.

  Inspector Mike Vido SFPD : Well, what about your legs.

  Luke : Well, what about 'em?

  Inspector Mike Vido SFPD : They got hits. Your pins look like IBM cards. You haven't got a vein in your frame.

• Eddie Pedak : How long have you been out?

  Luke : Four months. Barely enough time to get a good high.

• Inspector Mike Vido SFPD : Tell me about your pad.

  Luke : It's just a pad.

• Luke : I make the rent up front. What the dykes do, well, that's their bag, not mine.

• Luke's Girl : Dolly and Patty have nothing to do with thee and me.

  Luke : I don't - I don't want to hear anymore about them dykes.