The Big Combo (1955)

Brian Donlevy: Joe McClure

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• Joe McClure : Mr. Brown is a very reasonable man. You don't know him.

  Leonard Diamond : Oh, is he? Well I'm not. I intend to make life very difficult for your Mr. Brown.

  Joe McClure : You shouldn't talk like that, Lieutenant. You're overstepping your authority.

  Mr. Brown : Joe, the man has reason to hate me. His salary is $96.50 a week. The busboys in my hotel make better money than that. Don't you see, Joe? He's a righteous man.

• Mr. Brown : Why did you do it, Joe?

  Joe McClure : I told you, he pulled a gun on me.

  Mr. Brown : I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop.

• Joe McClure : I guess I'm getting too old to handle a gun.

  Mr. Brown : Yeah, maybe you're just getting too old, Joe.

• Joe McClure : He pulled a gun on me. What did you want me to do?

  Mr. Brown : With your kind of brain, there's nothing else you could do.