Popular L.A. Confidential Quotes
I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whisky in Ireland.
Captain Dudley Smith
Excuse me, ma'am. Just the facts.
Brett Chase
Dick Stensland: I got a hot date.
Bud White: Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?
Dick Stensland: We'll do the town one night on me.
Bud White: I'll bring my wallet just in case.
Ed Exley: Do you make the three Negroes for the Nite Owl Killings?
Jack Vincennes: What?
Ed Exley: It's a simple question.
Jack Vincennes: Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings, Lieutenant?
Ed Exley: Rollo Tomasi.
Jack Vincennes: Is there more to that, or am I supposed to guess?
Ed Exley: Rollo was a purse snatcher. My father ran into him off duty, and he shot my father six times and got away clean. No one even knew who he was. I just made the name up to give him some personality.
Captain Dudley Smith: You'll do as I say, and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
Bud White: In technicolor, sir.
Wendell, I'd like full and docile co-operation on every topic.
Captain Dudley Smith
I'm talking about the gas chamber, and you haven't even asked me what this is about. You've got a big "Guilty" sign around your neck.
Ed Exley
Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.
Jack Vincennes
Why don't you and I go someplace quiet, cause I'd love to give you the low-down on Mitchum.
Jack Vincennes
Oh, lookee here, the great jerkoff case of 1953.
Jack Vincennes
I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job.
Captain Dudley Smith
