M (1951)

Jim Backus: The Mayor

Photos 

Quotes 

• Police Chief Regan : I tell you, Mayor, we're doing everything possible. We may pick up that murderer in the next five minutes or we may never find him. All we can do is follow every lead.

  The Mayor : You're not dealing with a punk or a tin horn, usual procedure won't work! Catching this man is going to take brains, imagination.

  Police Chief Regan : Maybe you have some ideas we can use.

  The Mayor : IDEAS! I've got a million of them! It's not my job to run this department, it's yours! I've got a city to run, this just one department. People in this city depend on me for transportation, for hospitals, for sanitation! Not to go out and catch this murderer!

• Inspector Carney : I'm sorry, Mr. Mayor, I haven't got him yet.

  The Mayor : Of course you haven't, you know why? You're not thinking this through! Now listen, take a tip, use this!

  [points to head] 

  The Mayor : Put yourself in the killer's place, what would you do if you were a killer? Now you figure that out and you've got your man.