Mannix (TV Series)

Woman in the Shadows (1971)

Ina Balin: Julia Stefan, Lisa Ralph

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Quotes 

• Lisa Ralph : Are you Mr. Mannix?

  Joe Mannix : That's right.

  Lisa Ralph : My name is Lisa Ralph. May I come in?

  Joe Mannix : Of course.

  Lisa Ralph : I'm sorry to break I like this.

  Joe Mannix : Well, that's perfectly alright, Ms. Ralph.

  Lisa Ralph : Uh, Mrs. Ralph.

  Joe Mannix : Please, sit down.

  Lisa Ralph : Thank you. I've never hired a private detective before. Is it alright if I give you a retainer tonight and...

  Joe Mannix : Oh, now, let's not rush into this, Mrs. Ralph. Uh, I like to know a little bit about a case before I take it.

  Lisa Ralph : Yes, of course.

  Joe Mannix : Excuse me. Now uh, what makes you think you need a private detective?

  Lisa Ralph : I think someone is trying to kill me.

  [Joe abruptly looks up at her. Outside, the man who was following Lisa Ralph walks up to the outside of Joe's apartment] 

  Lisa Ralph : I jumped out of my car right past the tunnel. He chased me all the way back to the observatory, and I got away on a bus.

  Joe Mannix : Can you, uh, describe the man?

  Lisa Ralph : I didn't get a good look at him. I was running away.

  Joe Mannix : Have you any idea why someone would want to kill you?

  Lisa Ralph : No.

  Joe Mannix : Why didn't you go to the police?

  Lisa Ralph : I have personal reasons.

  Joe Mannix : Mmm. Too personal to tell me?

  Lisa Ralph : No, I suppose not. Mr. Mannix, uh, could... could I please have a brandy?

  Joe Mannix : Of course.

  Lisa Ralph : If I go to the police, my husband will know where I am.

  Joe Mannix : And, uh, you wouldn't want that?

  Lisa Ralph : No. I'm leaving him.

  Joe Mannix : Where is your husband?

  Lisa Ralph : He's at our home in San Francisco.

  [Joe gives her the brandy he poured for her] 

  Lisa Ralph : Thank you. All he knows is that I came or Los Angeles to my father's estate.

  Joe Mannix : Uh-huh. Was it a large estate? I mean, could that be the reason somebody would want to kill you?

  Lisa Ralph : There is practically no estate at all. My father was a professor.

  Joe Mannix : I see. Tell me, Mrs. Ralph, exactly what do you want me to do?

  Lisa Ralph : I want to know who was after me and why. And there's my car. Could you drive me there?

  Joe Mannix : Well, I, uh... I think I better go after it alone. I'll grab a can at the corner. You see, there, uh, maybe somebody waiting up there, hoping you'll come back.

  Lisa Ralph : I didn't think of that.

  [gives Joe the keys] 

  Lisa Ralph : Here's the key.

  [Joe looks at the key] 

  Lisa Ralph : What is it?

  Joe Mannix : I was just thinking that, uh, even though you were running for your life, you had the presence of mind to grab the car key.

  Lisa Ralph : A habit, I suppose.

  Joe Mannix : Yeah. Of course.

  [walks towards the door and grabs his coat] 

  Joe Mannix : I'm going to, uh, lock this door.

  [Lisa Ralph nods as Joe opens the door] 

  Joe Mannix : Don't open for anyone... except me.