Mike Hammer (TV Series)

Dead Men Don't Dream (1958)

Darren McGavin: Mike Hammer

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• Mike Hammer : [narrating]  My old neighborhood was dying and I was back for the wake.

• [at Charlie's wake] 

  Moose : Charlie looks nice and peaceful like he's sleeping.

  Mike Hammer : No, he just looks dead with his throat cut!

• Mike Hammer : What about the cops on the beat? Do they have any idea about this? Do they know who's behind it?

  Captain Pat Chambers : How can they? Nobody's talking, nobody complains. My hands are tied.

  Mike Hammer : And Charlie Dagara's throat is cut.

• Captain Pat Chambers : Look, Mike, this is a police matter. We're doing everything we can.

  Mike Hammer : I can do more! I don't have to worry about a set of rules. I don't have nothing to worry about. I got nothin' to lose. All I got to worry about is getting that killer right in front of me...

  Captain Pat Chambers : What makes you think you got nothin' to lose?

  Mike Hammer : Like what?

  Captain Pat Chambers : Your life.

• Mike Hammer : What'll I call you?

  Eve : Eve.

  Mike Hammer : Wish mine were Adam.

• Eve : Why would I hire you to find out who killed Charlie if I wasn't on the level.

  Mike Hammer : Well, you haven't.

  Eve : I haven't what?

  Mike Hammer : Hired me yet. We haven't discussed the fee.

  Eve : I thought you were a friend of Charlie's!

  Mike Hammer : I was, but, uh, you know, business is business.

  Eve : What do you want?

  Mike Hammer : Well, make me an offer, huh?

  Eve : Anything you want.

  Mike Hammer : You got yourself a deal, baby.

• [Eve points a gun at Mike] 

  Mike Hammer : Sorry, honey, but I don't like reception committees. Besides, I don't think that things gonna work without these...

  [Mike holds out a handful of bullets] 

  Eve : How did you get those?

  Mike Hammer : Well, I was admiring your figure until I noticed you had one bulge too many.

• Mike Hammer : [narrating]  The collector from the protection association was right on time. From the amount of time he spent in each store, nobody was giving him much of an argument. Two funerals in one week is a pretty strong sales talk.

• Mike Hammer : [narrating]  From here I had to play it by ear, which is pretty risky for a guy who can't carry a tune in a bucket.