- Where did she live?
- If I ask for an address, they lie. It's not worth the bother. They're floaters. Not much more than a suitcase full of nothing between them and the gutter.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Big Heat (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:52.636 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- First I know Lucy's quitting is about 2:00 in the morning. She comes to me and asks to be paid off.
- Did she say why? I don't ask.
- All any of these dames owe me is a night's work, one night at a time. They come and go like flies.
- Only this fly got herself strangled.
- Did she have any close friends among the other girls here?
- They don't stay long enough to make friends.
- Hey, you know something? You ought to be doing radio commercials. How to talk a lot and say nothing.
- Why, I'd be tickled to help if I could.
- Sure.
- When I get some answers, I'll be back.
- Glad to see you anytime, Sergeant.
- This is Tierney. Tell him it's important.
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