Johnny O'Clock (1947)

Dick Powell: Johnny O'Clock

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Quotes 

• Johnny O'Clock : Come here.

  Harriet Hobson : [as she stays put]  I've been there.

• Nancy Hobbs : What do I do now, Johnny?

  Johnny O'Clock : Dry your eyes and blow your nose in the order named.

• Inspector Koch : In return for certain information...

  Johnny O'Clock : You'll do what?

  Inspector Koch : I'll give you a break.

  Johnny O'Clock : My arms or my legs?

• Johnny O'Clock : Punchy?

  Punchy : Yeah.

  Johnny O'Clock : Did you see Blayden leave the club last night?

  Punchy : Me? I never see nuttin'.

• [the waiter at Joe's puts down two filled shot glasses the moment Johnny and Nancy sit down] 

  Johnny O'Clock : Who ordered these?

  Waiter : Did ya ever eat here?

  Johnny O'Clock : No.

  Waiter : You'll need 'em.

• Chuck Blayden : You get in my way and I'll kill you.

  Johnny O'Clock : You took the words right out of my mouth.

• Inspector Koch : There is nothing you have to say to me?

  Johnny O'Clock : Spiderman, spinning webs.

  Inspector Koch : I feel sorry for you.

• Guido Marchettis : [to Johnny O'Clock]  Me and Turk were talking over old times. I've been telling him how many years we've been together, all the things we've been through, remember Johnny?

  Johnny O'Clock : Yeah, I remember.

  Guido Marchettis : That's why I know I'll never have to worry about you!

  Nelle Marchettis : [Choking on her drink, and laughing at Guido's ironic statement] 

  Guido Marchettis : [to his wife Nelle]  What's the matter with you?

  Nelle Marchettis : [Still laughing]  I, uh I choked on a piece of scotch!

• Inspector Koch : It says in my book that any confession obtained by so-called 'third degree' methods is not admissable in court.

  Johnny O'Clock : It's nice to know you can read.

• Guido Marchettis : You're whistling through your teeth.

  Johnny O'Clock : So let him whistle.

• Inspector Koch : [scoffingly]  You're stupid. Smart boy. Stupid!

  Johnny O'Clock : Stupid? How much money have you got?

  Inspector Koch : How much time have you got to live?

• Inspector Koch : Koch is my name.

  Johnny O'Clock : How do you spell it: C, O, P?

• [last lines] 

  Johnny O'Clock : [injured with a gunshot wound, pointing a gun at Koch, catching him by surprise as he enters the room]  Don't bother raising your hands. Just keep 'em at your sides.

  Inspector Koch : You're out of your mind.

  Johnny O'Clock : That's right... crazy. Crazy smart.

  Inspector Koch : Put that gun down.

  Johnny O'Clock : I tell you what you're gonna do, Koch. You're gonna walk me out the front door, past everybody. If they stop us, you'll tell 'em I gave myself up, you arrested me.

  Inspector Koch : You think I'd say that.

  Johnny O'Clock : Listen to me. I got a bullet in my gut, and fire in my brain. It wouldn't take much for me to let you have it right now.

  Nancy Hobbs : [desperately in hearing Johnny's words as she rushes to his side]  Johnny, you don't know what you're doing. You don't know what you're saying.

  Johnny O'Clock : All I know is in this gun.

  Inspector Koch : All I know is that I got to bring you in. When we get to the door, I'll tell 'em to shoot.

  Johnny O'Clock : All right, so they'll shoot...

  Nancy Hobbs : No! It's not all right, not for me, it isn't. Oh Johnny, give yourself up.

  Johnny O'Clock : Nancy, I haven't got a chance. All my life, this guy's been chasing me...

  Nancy Hobbs : Johnny, it's the pain. You're weak, you're hurt...

  Johnny O'Clock : [defiantly]  I know what I'm saying. He's been looking to get something on me. Now, he's got it. Even if I told the truth...

  Inspector Koch : [yelling back]  What is the truth.

  Johnny O'Clock : [about Marchettis' shooting]  It was self defense.

  Inspector Koch : His wife said you shot him in cold blood, for money.

  Johnny O'Clock : That's a lie!

  Inspector Koch : If it's a lie, it'll come out.

  Johnny O'Clock : In storybooks. This is too good a frame.

  Inspector Koch : Nobody's out to frame you, O'Clock.

  Inspector Koch : [to Nancy]  If you want him alive, tell him to drop that gun.

  Nancy Hobbs : [increasingly passionate as she goes on]  No. I don't want him alive. I want him dead. I want to cry for him. I haven't had enough tears, I want more. I want to be able to say, "Do you know who I'm crying for? Johnny O'Clock! Do you know who he was? The smartest man in the world." I know, because he told me so. "Johnny O'Clock's not a fool," he said. "No fool!" That's why he's dead... because he's no fool!

  [Nancy quickly turns to hide her head as she wants to cry in peace. After a long pause, Johnny throws the gun on the ground, it making a loud thud] 

  Nancy Hobbs : [running to Johnny's side to embrace him while Koch picks up the gun]  Johnny, Johnny...

  Johnny O'Clock : [matter-of-factly to Koch]  Well, it looks like it's going to be a hot day.

  Inspector Koch : Not too hot.

  Johnny O'Clock : Wanna bet?

  Inspector Koch : Bet? I'll lay ya odds.

  [Nancy and Koch support Johnny on either side as the three of them exit the room together] 

• Johnny O'Clock : I wonder if this will mix with orange juice.

  Charlie : Some things don't mix.

• Johnny O'Clock : Anything else you wanna know?

  Nancy Hobbs : Anything else I ought to know?

  Johnny O'Clock : Close the book. She was a nice kid. Let it go at that.

  Nancy Hobbs : The words don't go with the music!