The Dragon Murder Case (1934)

Eugene Pallette: Sgt. Heath

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• Sergeant Ernest Heath : [Arriving at the crime scene]  Well, where's the body?

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : I'm afraid there ain't any, Doc.

  Dr. Doremus : [Annoyed]  You called me away from my breakfast for nothing?

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : Well, at least you got a sniff at it. That's more than we've had.

  Dr. Doremus : Well, where was the body when you phoned?

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : We thought it was in the pool.

  Dr. Doremus : [Annoyed]  I don't want thoughts; I want bodies, and when there aren't any bodies, I want to be left alone!

• Sergeant Ernest Heath : C'm'on now, how could that key get into your bed without you knowin' about it?

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : Well, apparently you guys got into my room without my knowing about it!

• Markham : [Vance has suggested draining the pond]  What on earth does he expect to find down here in this muck?

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : Probably the fingerprints of a clam.

• Dr. Doremus : Ernest, it's clear that you don't know much about women. Now I'll tell you, women are, generally speaking...

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : You certainly said it! They ARE generally speaking!

• Sergeant Ernest Heath : [Annoyed that duty calls him away from his Turkish bath]  A man can't even perspire in peace around here!

• Markham : [to the guests]  I'm afraid you'll all have to stay here until the pool is drained.

  Tatum : [laughs derisively]  How're you gonna drain the pool?

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : [Sarcastically]  I'm gonna suck it up with a straw!

• Sergeant Ernest Heath : [Reacting to the obviously demented and looney Mrs. Stamm]  Boy, I'll bet she can tell a nifty bedtime story!

• Dr. Doremus : [Leaving the scene, thoroughly annoyed that the body was not dead]  Now I'm going to get some breakfast...

  [turning for one last word] 

  Dr. Doremus : ... and, Heath, don't you call me out here again unless you've got a corpse. I'm here as a coroner, not as a doctor!

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : [shouting after him sarcastically]  Why don't you learn to carry a hard-boiled egg in your pocket?

• Dr. Doremus : [Sgt. Heath has been called to the phone]  If it's my wife, tell her I've gone.

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : That'll please her!

• Dr. Doremus : Now you take my wife...

  Sergeant Ernest Heath : You keep her. I can't use her!