I Can't Escape (1934)
Otis Harlan: Jim Bonn
Quotes
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Harley : Jim. I'm going to engage a new man.
Jim Bonn : Go ahead. Why bother me?
Harley : It's Steve Nichols.
Jim Bonn : [astonished] Steve Nichols?
Harley : Don't you remember? He did time for a phony stock deal.
Jim Bonn : Why do we want him around here?
Harley : Don't you see? When we have to take it on the lam, this Nichols, with his past record...
Jim Bonn : ...is a cinch to hold the bag, eh?
Harley : Jim, I congratulate you. You're not as stupid as I thought you were.
[Jim smiles, then looks offended]