Richard Denning: Michael Shayne

Quotes 

• [Shayne bursts into a room thinking a murder is about to occur only to discover a photographer is only shooting the cover for a lurid paperback] 

  Michael Shayne : Say, is it always like this?

  Bob Price : Oh, you get used to it. You know, she's the third blonde we've killed today. Sometimes the covers sell more books than the writers.

• Michael Shayne : My name is Mike Shayne. I'm a private investigator.

  Lois Fuller : Who hired you? Lew?

  Michael Shayne : Who's Lew?

  Lois Fuller : The guy who did this!

  [Lois shows Mike an ugly bruise] 

  Michael Shayne : Husband or boyfriend?

  Lois Fuller : Husband. He likes to show his affection.

• [last lines] 

  [while Mike patiently explained to Lucy and Tim how he cracked the case, Dick has been playing the bongos with a jazz combo] 

  Dick Hamilton : Did you like it, Sis?

  Lucy Hamilton : Well... it was loud.

  Michael Shayne : Getting better.

  Dick Hamilton : Tim?

  Tim Rourke : Are you finished?

  Dick Hamilton : Yeah.

  [Tim removes the cotton he had jammed in his ears] 

  Tim Rourke : Well, now that I can hear again - Mike, there are a few questions I'd like to ask you about the Wheeler case.

  Michael Shayne : Oh, no!