Phil Church Quotes in Another Thin Man (1939)

Smitty: I hate these schemes were all the pieces have to fit together. Too many things can go wrong.

Phil Church: We can't miss.

Smitty: I wish you'd dream up some way to get that Nick Charles out of there. I don't trust him. He looks like a guy with insomnia to me.

Phil Church: I don't like him around, but, I don't see how he can gum our game. It was air tight without him. It'll be air tight with him.

Phil Church: Some day I'm gonna skin a knuckle on that four-eyed gent.

Smitty: You better catch him without the cheaters on. He's plenty good as long as he can see.

Smitty: Say, I thought this was strictly business.

Phil Church: You know I could go for you

Smitty: Don't give me that. I've been fooled too many times.

Phil Church: You love me, don't ya?

Smitty: What if I do? I'm only in this for the coin.

Phil Church: We'll have plenty of coin from now on, baby.

Smitty: We?

Phil Church: You and me. What do you say? You wanna play for keeps?

Smitty: Okay.

[Kiss]

Smitty: Now, maybe I ought to know a little bit more about the ends-and-outs of what your doin'.

Phil Church: What's the matter? Losing confidence in me since I stopped that punch?

Smitty: No. I haven't got that much sense.