Jake GittesI just wanna know what you're worth. More than 10 million?
Noah CrossOh my, yes!
Jake GittesWhy are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What could you buy that you can't already afford?
Noah CrossThe future, Mr. Gittes! The future. Now, where's the girl? I want the only daughter I've got left. As you found out, Evelyn was lost to me a long time ago.
Noah CrossI don't blame myself. You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of ANYTHING.
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Jake GittesBut, Mrs. Mulwray, I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it. And I still think you're hiding something.
Evelyn MulwrayWell, I'm judging only on the basis of one afternoon and an evening, but, uh, if this is how you go about your work, I'd say you'd be lucky to, uh, get through a whole day.
Jake GittesActually, this hasn't happened to me for a long time.
MortyIsn't that something? Middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns. Only in L.A.
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Lt. EscobarHow'd you get past the guard?
Jake GittesWell, to tell you the truth, I lied a little.
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Jake GittesSo there's this guy Walsh, do you understand? He's tired of screwin' his wife... So his friend says to him, "Hey, why don't you do it like the Chinese do?" So he says, "How do the Chinese do it?" And the guy says, "Well, the Chinese, first they screw a little bit, then they stop, then they go and read a little Confucius, come back, screw a little bit more, then they stop again, go and they screw a little bit... then they go back and they screw a little bit more and then they go out and they contemplate the moon or something like that. Makes it more exciting." So now, the guy goes home and he starts screwin' his own wife, see. So he screws her for a little bit and then he stops, and he goes out of the room and reads Life Magazine. Then he goes back in, he starts screwin' again. He says, "Excuse me for a minute, honey." He goes out and he smokes a cigarette. Now his wife is gettin' sore as hell. He comes back in the room, he starts screwin' again. He gets up to start to leave again to go look at the moon. She looks at him and says, "Hey, what's the matter with ya? You're screwin' just like a Chinaman!"
[laughs hysterically]
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Man with KnifeYou're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses.
[slashes Jake's nose]
Man with KnifeNext time you lose the whole thing. Cut it off and feed it to my goldfish.
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Evelyn MulwrayHollis seems to think you're an innocent man.
Jake GittesWell, I've been accused of a lot of things before, Mrs. Mulwray, but never that.
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Noah CrossExactly what do you know about me? Sit down.
Jake GittesMainly that you're rich, too respectable to want your name in the newspapers.
Noah CrossOf course I'm respectable. I'm old! Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
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Lt. EscobarYou must really think I'm stupid, don't you, Gittes.
Jake GittesI don't think about it that much, but gimme a day or two and I'll get back to yuh. Now I'd like to go home.
Lt. EscobarC'mon, Gittes. The hell d'you think you're dealing with? A bunch of assholes? Mulwray had salt water in his lungs. You were following him day and night; you SAW who killed him. You even took pictures of it. It was Evelyn Mulwray, and she's been payin' you off like a slot machine ever since.
MulvihillThey shut my water off. What's it to you?
Jake GittesHow'd you find out about it? You don't drink it; you don't take a bath in it... They wrote you a letter. But then you have to be able to read.
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Noah CrossYou may think you know what you're dealing with, but, believe me, you don't.
[Gittes grins]
Noah CrossWhy is that funny?
Jake GittesThat's what the District Attorney used to tell me in Chinatown.
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[Gittes pretends to seek a nursing home for his father]
Jake GittesDo you accept people of the Jewish persuasion?
YelburtonAfter you've worked with a man a certain length of time, you come to know his habits, his values - you come to know him - and either he's the kind who chases after women or he isn't.
MulvihillThey shut my water off, what's it to you?
Jake GittesHow'd you find out? You don't drink it, you don't take a bath in it, maybe they sent you a letter. Ah, but then you'd have to be able to read. Relax, Mulvihill, glad to see you.
Jake Gittes[to YELBURTON]Do you know Claude Mulvihill here?
YelburtonWell, it's this darn drought. We've had to ration water in the valley and the farmers are desperate. But what can we do? The city needs drinking water.
Jake GittesWhen Mulvihill here was sheriff of Ventura County the rum runners landed hundreds of tons of booze on the beach and never lost a drop. He ought a be able to hold on to your water for ya.
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Noah CrossWell, Mr. Gittes, you don't look too much the worse for wear, I must say! Now where's the girl?
Jake GittesAs far as it goes; of course, he has to swim in the same water we all do.
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Jake GittesLet me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse.
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[Evelyn Mulwray has just been killed]
Lt. EscobarGo home, Jake. I'm doing you a favor!
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Jake GittesLook, you sue me, your husband dies, you drop the lawsuit like a hot potato, and all of it quicker than wind from a duck's ass - excuse me. Then you ask me to lie to the police.
Evelyn MulwrayI see you like publicity, Mr. Gittes. Well, you're going to get it.
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Noah CrossIt disturbs me. It makes me think you're taking my daughter for a ride - financially speaking, of course. What are you charging her?
Jake GittesMy usual fee - plus a bonus if I get results.
Noah CrossAre you - sleeping with her? Come, come, Mr. Gittes, you don't have to think about that to remember, do you?
Jake GittesIf you want an answer to that question, Mr. Cross, I'll put one of my men on the job.
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Jake GittesSon of a bitch! Goddamn Florsheim shoe!
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Jake GittesLook, I do matrimonial work, It's my metiay. When a wife tells me that she's happy her husband is cheating on her, it runs contrary to my experience.
Jake GittesNothin', Morty, it's my lunch hour, I thought I'd drop by and see who dropped dead lately.
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Jake GittesSomebody went to a lot of trouble here, and I want to find out, lawsuit or no lawsuit. I'm not the one who's supposed to be caught with his pants down.
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Jake GittesDoes my talking about your father upset you?
Evelyn MulwrayWhy, no! Yes, a little. You see Hollis and my fa - my father had a falling out - finally.
Evelyn MulwrayIt's very personal! It couldn't be more personal. Is this a business or an obsession with you?
Jake GittesLet's look at it this way. Now this phony broad, excuse the language, says tells me she's you. She hires me. Now, whoever put her up to it, doesn't have anything against me. They're out to get your husband.
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Jake GittesMrs. Mulwray, I think you're hiding something.
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Jake GittesTell me, are you frightened for the girl or what Evelyn might do to her?
