Charles Sturgis Quotes in Pickup Alley (1957)

Murphy: Well, where have you been?

Charles Sturgis: Crawled around the wet belly in the gutter, lookin' for dope peddlers, needle pushers, saying filthy things, day in and day out.

Charles Sturgis: The minute I'm tired of chasing you, or anything happens to me, they'll pick you up faster than a twenty dollar gold piece.

Gina Broger: I sound fascinating.

Charles Sturgis: I stopped being fascinated by dope peddlers a long time ago.

Captain Varolli: It may interest you to know, that at this moment, you are the target of every thug in Rome who carries a gun.

Charles Sturgis: There's only one thug I care about.

Amalio: Do you know where she is now?

Charles Sturgis: Athens.

Amalio: Athens? What would she be doin' goofin' off to a crazy place like Athens?

Charles Sturgis: Because she's a goof.