# favorite scenes/lines in film noir movies

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**Created:** [November 10, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-lines-in-film-noir-movies/843261 "2019-11-10T23:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-lines-in-film-noir-movies/843261/41 "2019-11-18T19:30:47Z")

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“When you’re slapped you’ll take it and like it.”

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0I1Vh-Ru1z0/maxresdefault.jpg "When You're Slapped, You'll Take It & Like It - The Maltese Falcon (3/10) Movie CLIP (1941) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I1Vh-Ru1z0)

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-lines-in-film-noir-movies/843261/42 "2019-11-19T02:27:19Z")

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> [@DrCube](#):
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> …And when the sexy bookseller in The Big Sleep says to him, “You’re beginning to interest me… vaguely”.

“You _do_ sell books, hmmmmmmmm?”

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scenes-lines-in-film-noir-movies/843261/43 "2019-11-19T02:48:46Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> _House of Games_ (1987)  
> “Thank you, sir, may I have another?” by Mike, the main male character, after having been shot.  
> Another Mike line: “You say I acted atrociously. Yes, I did - I do it for a living”  
> Joe Mantegna is fabulous in this role.

Lindsay Crouse is unforgettable as well.

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