The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)

A Trout in the Milk (1973)

Karl Malden: Detective Lt. Mike Stone

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• Detective Lt. Mike Stone : [Watching the reconciled Dancys leaving together]  They deserve each other.

  Inspector Steve Keller : Oh, come on, they love each other. It's obvious, like... what was that line he said? "A trout in the milk." Beautiful. Really beautiful.

  Detective Lt. Mike Stone : You like that line, huh?

  Inspector Steve Keller : Yeah.

  Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Well, that ain't Dancy. That's Thoreau.

  Inspector Steve Keller : C'mon?

  Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Henry David Thoreau. That's where Yale Courtland Dancy stole that line. You can't let this job stifle your mind, buddy-boy. You gotta keep yourself free, easy, for cultural pursuits, y'know? That's right. Good reading, good music. Bowling. But you, that's all you think of is women!