The Bribe (1949)

Charles Laughton: J.J. Bealer

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• J.J. Bealer : [Last lines]  When you get around to it, Mr. Rigby, you might call a cop.

• J.J. Bealer : Well, ya ain't said yes... but ya ain't said no.

• Bartender : Señor?

  J.J. Bealer : Nothing alcoholic. Oh, a beer, maybe.

  Bartender : ¡Sí Señor!

  J.J. Bealer : [to Rigby]  Odd. Liquor goes to my feet. It makes my feet swell up like tamales.

• J.J. Bealer : Say, who are you protecting? A bunch of dumb taxpayers who'll get in the neck anyhow. Get smart, Mr. Rigby. Everybody grafts nowadays. That's the way people operate.

• J.J. Bealer : Don't like hearing that, do you? What don't you like about it most? Knowing that Hintten's a crook or that Rigby's a cop?

• J.J. Bealer : We don't want Rigby snoopin' around. We figure, you can keep him from it - one way or another.

• J.J. Bealer : I'll send you a little bottle of something later tonight. It's harmless, but, a few drops of it in a drink will keep Rigby's mind off everything for long enough, anyhow. Maybe you won't have to use it. It's just in case your big brown eyes don't work.

• J.J. Bealer : It's your husband's life against a cop's job.

• J.J. Bealer : Mrs. Hintten, where do you think you're goin'?

  Elizabeth Hintten : To Rigby.

  J.J. Bealer : That guy's in no condition to comfort you, sister.

  Elizabeth Hintten : I'll get help for him. Tug's dying. He can't hurt Tug now.

  J.J. Bealer : No... but *he* can get hurt. Now listen: you and me made a deal. He's safe as long as you keep it. My connection's got an eye on his door. If Rigby walks out, he walks out into a bullet. Yeah... if you think anything of Rigby, you better leave him be, as is. Now listen, you'll be all right. You'll get the payoff just the same. You came through!

  Elizabeth Hintten : Do you think I'd take any of that money now?

  J.J. Bealer : Why not? You need dough. I heard you talkin' about shippin' your husband back home. That takes money.

  Elizabeth Hintten : Yes, everything takes money - living, dying... but I'll earn the money I need from now on, honestly and decently.

• J.J. Bealer : My feet may hurt, but they ain't noisy.