Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Leon Ames: Mitchell Talbin

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• Clarence 'Clinker' Krause : I want you to meet a couple of friends of mine. Mellow Man Magee and the Missus. Hottest pump man in Memphis.

  Nick Charles : Second hottest.

  Mitchell Talbin : Do you play an instrument too?

  Nora Charles : No, I'm a mud hen, eh, a bird, a canary.

  Mitchell Talbin : A canary?

  Nora Charles : Strictly from Tennessee!

• Clarence 'Clinker' Krause : I'm with the Nick Charles department tonight.

  Mitchell Talbin : Nick Charles - the detective?

  Clarence 'Clinker' Krause : Yeah.

  Mitchell Talbin : I thought you told us he was a pump man?

  Clarence 'Clinker' Krause : Oh, I didn't want you to think I was loadin' up your jams with a bunch of squares.

  Phyllis Talbin : They were the squarest couple of hipsters I've ever seen.

  Mitchell Talbin : What are they doing in a trap like this?

  Clarence 'Clinker' Krause : They're lookin' for the reed. He's disappeared.