The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Robert Armstrong: Nick Martel

Quotes 

• Dr. Lawrence Bradford : Hello, Nick. Nice evening.

  Nick Martel : Oh, hello, Doc. If you want to make a bet you'll have to call my office. I quit work at five-thirty.

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : Well, that's one advantage of being a bookmaker rather than a doctor.

• Nick Martel : I didn't know you went in for openin' safes, Doc.

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : Oh, we surgeons open anything.

• [Brad runs into Nick, the bookie, at the racetrack] 

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : Haven't seen... Mike North around this morning, have you?

  Nick Martel : [not paying Brad much attention]  Nope.

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : No? That's funny. He ought to be around here.

  Nick Martel : Not today, he won't.

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : Why not?

  Nick Martel : I have a hunch Mike won't be around for a long while.

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : It's sort of *strange* your saying that, Nick, after what happened last night.

  Nick Martel : [more attentively]  What happened last night?

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : [laughing under his breath]  Don't worry, Nick, I'm not going to ask you what you were doing outside my apartment last night, or who your little friend was who tried to burglarize my place, and incidentally took a shot at me, or what you had to do with my scalpel being missing. I'm going leave that all up to the police. My only interest is in finding Mike North. Now how about it, you gonna give this little boy a hand?

  Nick Martel : Listen, Doc, you seem like a nice fellow. I'm going to give you a little tip: let the police do their own worrying. Mike North is a double-crossing rat. Better forget about him, and me, and the whole business. Stick to your doctoring, it'll be a lot healthier.

  Dr. Lawrence Bradford : [pulling out and looking at a pocket watch from his breast pocket]  It's beginning to look if I have no other alternative... because in... exactly twenty-eight minutes, I have to start opening a gentleman's stomach... maybe I can do as much for you someday.

  [Nick gives him a snide look as Brad walks away]