The Singing Detective

The Singing Detective Quotes

#1
Dan Dark: Little men shouldn't sit where their feet don't touch the ground.
#2
Second Hood: I'm sick of standing around here like a coupla dummies. Are we feds or aren't we?
First Hood: No. We're just a coupla hoods.
Second Hood: Shaddap!
#3
Dan Dark: So, what's the story? Who's the dame?
Mark Binney: How'd you know there's a dame?
Dan Dark: There's always a dame.
#4
Dan Dark: No, no. Cock... do not grow.
#5
Dan Dark: When you're dealing with the devil praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
#6
[Second hood turns off the car radio]
First Hood: Hey, I like Patti Page.
Second Hood: Yeah, but does she like you?
#7
Nicola: ...the plants are all dead.
Dan Dark: Good. I hope they suffered.
#8
Dan Dark: There are things in that book, doc, that are reaching out to grab me by the throat.
Dr. Gibbon: Why don't you let them?
#9
Dan Dark: Are you pretending to be an oddball or are you actually nuts?