Michael Shayne (TV Series)
Murder in Wonderland (1960)
Richard Denning: Michael Shayne
Quotes
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Joel Moss : Tell me, Shayne, why did he call you tonight?
Michael Shayne : He didn't say. He had a bullet in him.
Joel Moss : He was carrying a briefcase with him. What was in it?
Michael Shayne : Sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Moss, but I don't know. Why don't you ask Will Gentry?
Joel Moss : [puts at a burly thung] Shayne, do you want him to do the questioning?
Michael Shayne : He'll get the same answers... when he wakes up.
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[quoting from a poem found in "Through the Looking Glass"]
Michael Shayne : "Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves / Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe."
Lucy Hamilton : Come again?
Michael Shayne : Just a little "Jabberwocky", Angel. It takes me back to my youth.
Lucy Hamilton : Is that what the papers are printing these days?
Michael Shayne : Mmm... Will Gentry and Alice in Wonderland.
Lucy Hamilton : Oh. Are they dating?
Michael Shayne : Looks that way.
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Lt. Wallace : He'll see you in a minute, Mr. Shayne. He's in there talking to Joel Moss and his lawyer.
Michael Shayne : Moss have anything to say?
Lt. Wallace : Not much. Men in his business keep their mouths shut. It's a tribal custom.