The Enforcer (1951 film) Quotes

The Enforcer (1951 film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Enforcer ended its run in 1970.

It features Milton Sperling as producer, David Buttolph in charge of musical score, and Robert Burks as head of cinematography.

The Enforcer (1951 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Enforcer (1951 film) is 87 minutes long. The Enforcer (1951 film) is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Ted de Corsia as Joseph Rico, Humphrey Bogart as D.A. Martin Ferguson, Roy Roberts as Capt. Frank Nelson, and Everett Sloane as Albert Mendoza.

The Enforcer (1951 film) Quotes

Roy Roberts as Capt. Frank Nelson

• (Roy Roberts) "How many bodies do you think we'll find?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Oh, afraid to guess. Any outfit that has got its own undertaker is operating on a pretty big scale."

• (Roy Roberts) "What's wrong with the law that we can't touch him"
• (Roy Roberts) "? Oh, I know, our kind of laws are designed to protect the innocent. It's not enough we know a man is guilty; we have to prove it."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Ever have a tune running through your head and you can't remember the words?"
• (Roy Roberts) "What are you getting at?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "How many people did we speak to on this case?"
• (Roy Roberts) "Oh, I'd hate to remember."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "How many pages of testimony do you suppose we took?"
• (Roy Roberts) "Enough to fill a nice-sized room."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Heh, somewhere's in that testimony somebody said something that stuck in my brain. It got lost in the shuffle, because we didn't need it; we got Rico. But now --"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "If I could only remember --"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Well, we got nothing else to do tonight; let's try and dig it out."
• (Roy Roberts) "Well, we can start from right to left or from left to right."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "No, let's take it just as it came to us, right from that first crazy day."

Ted de Corsia as Joseph Rico

• (Ted de Corsia) "He's smiling at me --"
• (Ted de Corsia) "Mendoza, call them off. I ain't gonna say nothin'."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Rico. You're gonna talk. Do you hear me? It took four years to put him in that cell and when he walks out, he's going to the chair, and you're gonna put him there."

• (Ted de Corsia) "There's something on its way to kill me. I can feel it comin'."

• (Ted de Corsia) "There's your first week's pay."
• (Unnamed) "Thanks, Mr. Rico, Now I'm ready for the big stuff; maybe even a killing."
• (Ted de Corsia) "Don't ever say that. A murder is a contract. A hit is the sucker that gets killed. Remember those words and use 'em. Then, even if the cops tap our phone, they don't know what you're talkin' about. Get that?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, sir. Anything else?"
• (Ted de Corsia) "Yes. Burn that tent you're wearin' and get yourself a suit."

• (Ted de Corsia) "A blimp like you ain't got a girlfriend, have you?"
• (Unnamed) "I've got a wife."
• (Ted de Corsia) "Well, if anything happens to you, we take care of her. If you get into a jam, we get you a lawyer. If you get in jail, you're on the payroll all the time you're in."

• (Ted de Corsia) "I'm forgetful. Sometimes I meet a guy and then I never see him again. I got a big turnover in friends."

Humphrey Bogart as D.A. Martin Ferguson

• (Humphrey Bogart) "You think you can shut people up by killing them, but you're wrong. Maybe not in the courtroom but they'll be talkin' to you, Mendoza. At night when you're trying to sleep."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "Murder by profit."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "C'mon, Miss Vetto. I want to see the look on Mendoza's face when he looks into those big blue eyes."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "We could protect him against everything but himself."

Everett Sloane as Albert Mendoza

• (Everett Sloane) "I've been gone over by experts, but you're the best. What's your name?"
• (Ted de Corsia) "What's the matter? You want some more?"
• (Everett Sloane) "I think I can use a guy like you."

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