My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Alan Ladd: Sam McCloud

Quotes 

• Ronnie Jackson : Say, I can be a lot of help to you, Sam. Look, here's my latest invention, right here - a camera with a keyhole lens. Takes pictures right through doors. I've been kicked out of five hotels already. How about it, Sam? Can I go to work for you? Just give me a simple "yes" or "no."

  Sam McCloud : No.

  Ronnie Jackson : Aw, but that's TOO simple!

• Sam McCloud : I told you before, stick to watching the birdie and you'll die of old age.

  Ronnie Jackson : Yeah, but I was cut out for this kind of life. All my life I wanted to be a hardboiled detective like Humphrey Bogart or Dick Powell or even Alan Ladd.

• Ronnie Jackson : You're sure there's nothing I can do for you?

  Sam McCloud : Yeah. You keep your nose clean.