The Enforcer (1951) Quotes with Sound Clips

The Enforcer (1951) Quotes with Sound Clips

Listen to memorable quotes from the classic 1951 film noir "The Enforcer" (aka "Murder, Inc." in the UK).

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson), Zero Mostel (Big Babe Lazick), Ted de Corsia (Joseph Rico), Everett Sloane (Albert Mendoza)

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1 If you're smart, you can be a hero. If you're dumb, you can be dead.

— Joseph Rico (Ted De Corsia)

2 Who calls him on the phone? -If you're a good swimmer, you can ask the guy who found out. He's at the bottom of the river.

— Big Babe Lazick (Zero Mostel)

3 Yeah. 9:00. And listen... No guns, no cops, no tricks.

— Joseph Rico (Ted De Corsia)

4 A blimp like you ain't got a girlfriend, have you?

— Joseph Rico (Ted De Corsia)

5 Don't ever say that. A murder's a contract. The hit is the sucker that gets killed. Remember those words and use them. Then, even if the cops tap a phone, they don't know what you're talking about. Got that? -Yes, sir.

— Joseph Rico (Ted De Corsia)

6 I've given it a lot of thought. The business I got needs no investment. You can carry it around in your hat. All you need is a telephone.

— Albert Mendoza (Everett Sloane)

7 Today, I went into the most dangerous business in the world. -What's that? -The murder business. But I'm taking the danger out of it.

— Albert Mendoza (Everett Sloane)

8 When this dame goes, it's very important that nobody should know about it. She just disappears, see? -You got a quiet spot for that around here? -A couple of nice, romantic lakes just outside of town.

9 You think you can shut people up by killing them, but you're wrong. Even the dead can talk.

— Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson (Humphrey Bogart)

10 How can that be? What's wrong with the law that we can't touch him? Oh... I know. Our kind of laws are designed to protect the innocent. It's not enough that we know a man is guilty. We have to prove it.

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