Pal Joey (1957)

Tol Avery: Detective

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Joey Evans : Now, wait a minute, fellas. You got this all wrong. I never laid a hand on her.

  Policeman : Yeah, we got there just in time.

  Detective : That's the trouble with you nightclub entertainers, you're all alike. You think you own every dame in the country.

  Joey Evans : Now, wait a minute, show me a law in the country that says I can't buy a doll a friendly drink.

  Detective : No law. Just don't buy a drink in your hotel room for a doll that's underage.

  Policeman : Come on, let's get goin' bud.

  Joey Evans : Now, wait a minute, how did I know she was jailbait? She looked like she was 35. Why, I should ask for a driver's license or somethin'?

  Policeman : If you had, you would have found out she was the mayor's daughter.