Tension (1949)

William Conrad: Lt. Edgar Gonsales

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• Warren Quimby : He was a liquor salesman. You know, big car, big bankroll. He was a...

  Claire Quimby : He was full of laughs.

  Lt. Edgar Gonsales : [chuckling]  He's full of lead now.

• Lt. Edgar Gonsales : There is no Paul Southern.

  Lt. Collier Bonnabel : What are talking about?

  Lt. Edgar Gonsales : Get a load of this. Not in the phone directories. Has no car on the ship. He's not on any payroll, hotel registry. No hospital cards on him. No charge accounts. Never took out any insurance. He doesn't take milk from a milkman. Doesn't have a newspaper delivery. And he's got no police record. All we've got to do is find him.

• Lt. Edgar Gonsales : Mrs. Quimby, you shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't have left there. It only makes us come after you. Couldn't stand the sight, eh? Well, women always seem to react that way.

• Lt. Collier Bonnabel : Missing persons just called.

  Lt. Edgar Gonsales : What?

  Lt. Collier Bonnabel : Paul Southern had a dame.

  Lt. Edgar Gonsales : Yo ho!

• Lt. Edgar Gonsales : Get off the turntable, Quimby. You sound like a stuck needle. It's monotonous.