Johnny Staccato

Fay Linn:
Johnny, I'm scared.

Johnny Staccato:
You're scared?

Fay Linn:
I think I'm being followed.

Johnny Staccato:
Well, that figures, doesn't it.

Fay Linn:
No! They're not following me, they're following this.

[Fay shows Johnny a large diamond necklace]

Johnny Staccato:
Huh. That figures, too.

[a construction worker stares at Fay's legs]

Waldo:
You get double time for working, not sightseeing!

Fay Linn:
You know, this may sound silly, but I remember how you used to look at me when you talked.

Johnny Staccato:
How did I look at you?

Fay Linn:
Well, your voice said, "Hello, Eddie's wife." Your look said, "Hello, Woman."

Fulton:
How long have you known the girl, Fay Linn?

Johnny Staccato:
Oh, a couple of years.

Fulton:
Have you known her well?

Johnny Staccato:
No. I know her husband - ex-husband - pretty well.

Fulton:
Oh. He was a musician?

Johnny Staccato:
Still is. Never shake it once you dig it.

Johnny Staccato:
I know I got slugged and I got robbed. Now you're making like I did the slugging and the robbing!

Johnny Staccato:
Why does a man have to be honest all the time - cut and dried?

Waldo:
Johnny, a man can cheat or man cannot cheat. I have known some men who liked who were cheaters and I know some men I don't like who would never cheat... but it is not important who I like and who I don't like, because the man who cheats, he doesn't like himself. And it is when a man does not like himself that he has cheated himself out of his own respect... and that is a sad thing.

Fay Linn:
Oh Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. How can you sit there playing that dreamy music with me and this...

[Fay holds up the diamond necklace]

Fay Linn:
...right in front of you just for the taking.

Johnny Staccato:
Sometimes dreamy music can help a man. Music can be like a shower - clean, you know. And if you like music, you want to be able to play it tomorrow, next week, next month.

Fay Linn:
Johnny, I've got something to show you.

[Fay pulls out a pistol and points it at Johnny]

Johnny Staccato:
You better give that to somebody else. I already have one.