Dark Alibi (1946)
Sidney Toler: Charlie Chan
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Quotes
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Charlie Chan : [to Morgan] Government work keep me hopping like dissatisfied flea from dog to dog.
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Anthony R. Morgan : Charlie, what can one man do against the entire legal force of the state?
Charlie Chan : Ancient proverb say, "One small wind can raise much dust."
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Charlie Chan : Please continue.
Mrs. Foss : That's all I have to say.
Charlie Chan : That's what woman always say, yet go right on talking.
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Birmingham Brown : [Driving] Mr. Chan, is this the shortest way to prison?
Charlie Chan : No, shortest way is commit crime.
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Charlie Chan : [to Birmingham and Tommy] Always sitting! Wish you would wear out brains instead of seat of pants.
Tommy Chan : Pop, we have been thinking...
Charlie Chan : Most impossible.
Birmingham Brown : Oh, yes sir, Mr. Chan. We've been thinkin'.
Charlie Chan : And now you have a headache.
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Charlie Chan : [Encouraging June] Remember old saying: "Earthquake may shatter rock, but sand upon which rock stood still right there in same old place."
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Charlie Chan : Skeletons in closets always speak loudest to police.
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Charlie Chan : You two not afraid?
Tommy Chan : Afraid of what, Pop?
Charlie Chan : That you sit down so often you get concussion of brain.
Tommy Chan : Pop, I got a swell idea!
Charlie Chan : Good. Save it for old age.
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Charlie Chan : I will sit in car while you two enjoy nervous breakdown.
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Mrs. Foss : Being a detective is an ugly trade.
Charlie Chan : Ugliest trade sometimes have moment of joy. Even gravedigger know some people for whom he would do his work with extreme pleasure.
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Emily Evans : Listen, are you trying to pin something on me?
Charlie Chan : [holding her skimpy dance costume] No, merely at moment trying to figure how you pin upon yourself such very few feathers.
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Charlie Chan : Son Tommy is noisy woodpecker on family tree.