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You touch me and you won't live till morning!

Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

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We went into this together and we're coming out at the end together. It's straight down the line for both of us. Remember?

DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944, dir. Billy Wilder

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And I'm the one that fixed it so he was dead. Is that what you're telling me? - And nobody's pulling out. We went into this together, and we're coming out at the end together. It's straight down the line for both of us. Remember?

Barbara Stanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

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Ava Gardner in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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Lizabeth Scott as Paula Haller in DESERT FURY (1947) dir. Lewis Allen

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Veronica Lake in THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall Costume design by Edith Head

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Lizabeth Scott in DESERT FURY (1947) dir. Lewis Allen Costume design by Edith Head

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Well, don't you even say goodnight? - It's goodbye. And it's tough to say goodbye. Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.

Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake in THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall

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Burt Lancaster as Ole "The Swede" Anderson in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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What do you want out of life? Well, everybody wants something. Money, love, travel, their own business... What do you want? - Why do you wanna know?

DESERT FURY 1947, dir. Lewis Allen

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Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.

THE KILLERS 1946, dir. Robert Siodmak

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Bad luck either makes a man or destroys him. Are you gonna let it destroy you? Depending how you take it, bad luck can be a big break.

STRAY DOG | 野良犬 1949, dir. Akira Kurosawa

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I was 99% certain about you but I had to get rid of that one percent doubt. - Wasn't there an easier way to make sure? I'd reached a point where I needed official surroundings. - Then it was worth it, Mark.

Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews as Laura Hunt and Mark McPherson in LAURA (1944) dir. Otto Preminger

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I'm not afraid of death. I don't care if I go to hell. My life has been hell since the day I was born. But if I had to go to heaven, then I'd really start to tremble.

HIGH AND LOW | 天国と地獄 1963, dir. Akira Kurosawa

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Veronica Lake as Joyce Harwood in THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall