The Long Goodbye (1973)

Mark Rydell: Marty Augustine

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• Marty Augustine : Your friend was a murderer and a thief.

  Philip Marlowe : That's a lie. I know he didn't kill her.

  Marty Augustine : Let me tell you something else. It's a minor crime, to kill your wife. The major crime is that he stole my money. Your friend stole my money, and the penalty for that is capital punishment.

• Marty Augustine : [to Joanne]  Look at that face. Is that a face for a magazine cover? The profile. You're beautiful, and I love you. I sleep with a lot of women; I make love to you. The single most important person in my life, next to my family. Is that right, Pepe? Huh?

  [smashes a coke bottle on her face] 

  Marty Augustine : Get her out of here!

  [to Marlowe] 

  Marty Augustine : Now, that's someone I love! And you I don't even like! You got an assignment, cheapie: find my money!

• Marty Augustine : I didn't have any pubic hair until I was 15 years old.

  Philip Marlowe : Oh yeah, you must have looked like one of the Three Little Pigs.

• [Augustine has found a $5000 bill in Marlowe's pocket] 

  Marty Augustine : What's that?

  Philip Marlowe : A picture of James Madison.

  Marty Augustine : It's a $5000 bill.

  Philip Marlowe : I know.

  Marty Augustine : Where'd you get this?

  Philip Marlowe : A box of crackerjacks, came as a prize.

• Marty Augustine : You know what night this is? This is Friday night. It's Shabbas. You know where I'm supposed to be? Temple.

• Marty Augustine : See, what we have here is a problem with communication. I knew it, from the beginning. I don't hear from you any more. I don't get a phone call. I mean, not so much as a postcard. What's the matter? Where's the money?

• Marty Augustine : Harry, your father was a mohel. Cut him.

  Harry : What?

  Marty Augustine : Cut him.

  Harry : Where?

  Marty Augustine : Cut it off.

  Harry : Cut "it" off?

  Marty Augustine : That's what I said. Cut it off.

• Philip Marlowe : So what do you want me to do?

  Marty Augustine : I want you to take off your clothes.

  Philip Marlowe : Well, let me tell you something, I have absolutely nothing to hide either, but I'm not gonna take my clothes off.

  Marty Augustine : I want you to get naked so you can tell me the truth about my money.

  Philip Marlowe : You wanna take your clothes off?

  Marty Augustine : Would you like me to take off my clothes?

  Philip Marlowe : It's okay with me.

  Marty Augustine : Why, it's a pleasure. As a matter of fact, *everybody*, Harry, everybody take off their clothes.

• Marty Augustine : Let me explain something to you. You see, I got a wife and I got three beautiful children. You know where my children are? They're in a very expensive camp in Ventura. My wife is in an equally expensive health farm where she's trying to lose weight, The Golden Door. A $1,000 a week to lose six pounds. See, I got - I got chauffeurs, I got maids, I got butlers, I got cooks. I live highly. It costs me a lot of money to live the way I do. I gotta have a lot of money . I got have a lot of money so I can juice the guys I gotta juice, so I can get a lot of money so I can juice the guys I gotta juice. And you, Cheapie, you can't take my money. I want my money!