Perry Mason (TV Series)

The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (1957)

Ray Collins: Lt. Tragg

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• Lt. Tragg : [to the murderer, after a gunfight in which the murderer is seriously wounded]  Isn't one cop enough, you miserable...

  Perry Mason : You all right, Tragg?

  Lt. Tragg : Yeah. Just sick to my stomach at the sight of *him*.

  [Further lines containing a spoiler omitted here, in which Tragg calls the murderer a "fink"] 

  Perry Mason : I'd better call an ambulance.

  Lt. Tragg : Yeah, call an ambulance.

  [Glares at the wounded murderer] 

  Lt. Tragg : Don't - er - hurry.

• Lt. Tragg : Drake, you have a license to operate as a private detective. You know as well as I do that we can take it away... if you withhold evidence.

  Paul Drake : I know.

  Lt. Tragg : Personally, I don't care if you go on earning a living as a private cop or not. You're gonna make that decision. Right now.

• Lt. Tragg : As a lawyer, you're also an officer of the court. You have a responsibility, Mason. And if you duck it or obstruct the police, you're goinna have to face the consequences.

• Lt. Tragg : Homicide. Tragg.

  Perry Mason : Perry Mason, Lieutenant. Will you do me a favor?

  Lt. Tragg : I doubt it, but go ahead.