Mark Rydell credited as playing...
Marty Augustine
- Marty Augustine: Your friend was a murderer and a thief.
- Philip Marlowe: That's a lie. I know he didn't kill her.
- Marty Augustine: Let me tell you something else. It's a minor crime, to kill your wife. The major crime is that he stole my money. Your friend stole my money, and the penalty for that is capital punishment.
- Marty Augustine: [to Joanne] Look at that face. Is that a face for a magazine cover? The profile. You're beautiful, and I love you. I sleep with a lot of women; I make love to you. The single most important person in my life, next to my family. Is that right, Pepe? Huh?
- [smashes a coke bottle on her face]
- Marty Augustine: Get her out of here!
- [to Marlowe]
- Marty Augustine: Now, that's someone I love! And you I don't even like! You got an assignment, cheapie: find my money!
- Marty Augustine: I didn't have any pubic hair until I was 15 years old.
- Philip Marlowe: Oh yeah, you must have looked like one of the Three Little Pigs.
- [Augustine has found a $5000 bill in Marlowe's pocket]
- Marty Augustine: What's that?
- Philip Marlowe: A picture of James Madison.
- Marty Augustine: It's a $5000 bill.
- Philip Marlowe: I know.
- Marty Augustine: Where'd you get this?
- Philip Marlowe: A box of crackerjacks, came as a prize.
- Philip Marlowe: So what do you want me to do?
- Marty Augustine: I want you to take off your clothes.
- Philip Marlowe: Well, let me tell you something, I have absolutely nothing to hide either, but I'm not gonna take my clothes off.
- Marty Augustine: I want you to get naked so you can tell me the truth about my money.
- Philip Marlowe: You wanna take your clothes off?
- Marty Augustine: Would you like me to take off my clothes?
- Philip Marlowe: It's okay with me.
- Marty Augustine: Why, it's a pleasure. As a matter of fact, *everybody*, Harry, everybody take off their clothes.
- Marty Augustine: You know what night this is? This is Friday night. It's Shabbas. You know where I'm supposed to be? Temple.
- Marty Augustine: See, what we have here is a problem with communication. I knew it, from the beginning. I don't hear from you any more. I don't get a phone call. I mean, not so much as a postcard. What's the matter? Where's the money?
- Marty Augustine: Harry, your father was a mohel. Cut him.
- Harry: What?
- Marty Augustine: Cut him.
- Harry: Where?
- Marty Augustine: Cut it off.
- Harry: Cut "it" off?
- Marty Augustine: That's what I said. Cut it off.
- Marty Augustine: Let me explain something to you. You see, I got a wife and I got three beautiful children. You know where my children are? They're in a very expensive camp in Ventura. My wife is in an equally expensive health farm where she's trying to lose weight, The Golden Door. A $1,000 a week to lose six pounds. See, I got - I got chauffeurs, I got maids, I got butlers, I got cooks. I live highly. It costs me a lot of money to live the way I do. I gotta have a lot of money . I gotta have a lot of money so I can juice the guys I gotta juice, so I can get a lot of money so I can juice the guys I gotta juice. And you, Cheapie, you can't take my money. I want my money!