Richard Denning: Michael Shayne

Quotes 

• Tim Rourke : All right, Cupid, what gives?

  Michael Shayne : Can you keep her occupied for a few hours?

  Tim Rourke : Well, I can give it a try.

  Michael Shayne : I mean as long as possible. And if you have to leave her, drop her off at Lucy's apartment.

  Lucy Hamilton : I live in a respectable building.

  Michael Shayne : All right, so you sneak her up the back way.

  Lucy Hamilton : What do we talk about?

  Michael Shayne : Girl talk. Now somewhere in GoGo's air-conditioned brain, she may have the answers that I'm looking for.

• [Lucy has found the lipstick to match the shade Mike found on a cigarette] 

  Lucy Hamilton : Do you like it?

  Michael Shayne : Like what?

  Lucy Hamilton : The lipstick, silly - "Tickle Pink"

  Michael Shayne : It looks expensive.

  Lucy Hamilton : It is - kiss proof, smear proof, scented with rare and exotic perfumes, French import and ten bucks a copy.

  Michael Shayne : Yeah, it looks better on you then it does on the cigarette.

• Murray Holt : Sometimes I wonder why I ever got into this rat race.

  Michael Shayne : Rat race is right and you're way out in front.

• [Tim leaves Mike's office with a stripper to continue his research] 

  Tim Rourke : We're doing a Sunday feature.

  Michael Shayne : [to Lucy]  It may never get into print, but it should make quite a story.