- Ryan: [On the phone] We hit pay dirt. The gal in question is Yvonne LeDoux, a bur-le-q queen workin' out of the Bijou Theater, but that's not all. She's also the widow of the late Benny McBride.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Benny's wife, huh?
- Ryan: You should see her workin' clothes. Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Very funny.
- Yvonne LeDoux: [Upset that he's going to shoot the fallen policeman a second time] Dave, stop it, please!
- Dave Purvis: [Coldly, as he draws a bead on him] No loose ends, Baby!
- Dave Purvis: If anything goes wrong, I'll call ya.
- Dave Purvis: I'll have a new number.
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: You're gonna move again?
- Dave Purvis: Yeah, tonight. The Valley Motor Court... Sunset 7-2131. I'm registered under the name of Martin Bell.
- Dave Purvis: [Seeing Benny start to write the number down on a matchbook.] Don't write that down!
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: I don't wanna forget it. You move so often.
- Dave Purvis: I don't like things written down! I don't like it! Memorize it! Sunset 7 - 2131!
- Lt. Jim Cordell: [sarcastically as he sniffs a dry tumbler sitting on the mantle] Aged in the glass bourbon!
- Lt. Jim Cordell: [Entering hospital waiting room where Marsha is after being told her husband, his partner, has died.] Tough break, Marsha.
- Mrs. Marsha Phillips: For you too?
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Yeah.
- Mrs. Marsha Phillips: I know how you feel, Jim. You were partners for years.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Yeah. You... kinda get used to a guy.
- Mrs. Marsha Phillips: I know.
- Al Mapes: [Benny panting on bed.] He's worse, Purvis; he needs a doc.
- Dave Purvis: I don't care if he needs a hospital. All he's gonna get is first aid. Let's get out of here.
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: Dave!
- [Grabs Purvis' jacket.]
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: Listen to me. I can't go with you like this. You gotta get me a doc.
- Dave Purvis: I told you that was out. Forget about it.
- [Grabs Benny's hand away from his jacket.]
- Dave Purvis: We'll get you patched up later.
- [Nods toward Al.]
- Dave Purvis: Give him a slug of whiskey; we're wasting time.
- [Leaves room.]
- Al Mapes: [Puts whiskey bottle to Benny's mouth and pours.] Here, Benny, have a drink of this.
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: Don't move; any of you. I'm gonna get me a doc. Don't try to stop me, Dave. Hand over my share of the dough.
- [Advances haltingly but menacingly.]
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: Hand it over!
- Dave Purvis: You're making a bonehead play, Benny. They'll pick you up sure. You'll get us all in a jam.
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: I'm in a jam now; I'm dying. Hurry up; HURRY UP.
- Dave Purvis: OK, Benny.
- [Turns away from Benny, toward the money, and picks up a gun.]
- Dave Purvis: Anything you say; you'll get everything you're entitled to.
- [Turns back and fires 3 shots into Benny.]
- Dave Purvis: [Turns toward Al and Ace.] What're ya staring at? Pick him up.
- William 'Ace' Foster: What'll I do with him?
- Dave Purvis: Put him in the car. I gotta get rid of it anyhow. It's hot and so is he. No loose ends, boys.
- Ryan: [as Cordell exits hospital waiting room after talking to his partner's widow.] How's she taking it, Lieutenant?
- Lt. Jim Cordell: She'll be all right. What do you want, Ryan?
- Ryan: We found the getaway car. They ditched it underneath the Slauson Avenue bridge near the riverbed.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Good.
- Ryan: And... uh... I better tell you the rest of it.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Well?
- Ryan: I've been assigned to work with you on the case.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: So you're replacing Phillips, huh?
- Ryan: Yes, sir.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: That's just dandy.
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