Daily Dialogue — June 7, 2010

Philip Marlowe: Excuse me, I don’t see any Courry Brand cat food here.
Supermarket clerk: Some what?
Philip Marlowe: Some Courry Brand cat…
Supermarket clerk: Could you spell that?
Philip Marlowe: Courry Brand, C-O-U-R-R…
Supermarket clerk: Oh, we’re all out of that. Why don’t you get this. All this shit is the same anyways.
Philip Marlowe: You don’t happen to have a cat by any chance?
Supermarket clerk: What do I need a cat for, I’ve got a girl.
Philip Marlowe: Ha, ha. He’s got a girl, I got a cat.

Philip Marlowe (Elliot Gould), Supermarket Clerk (Ned Humphreys), The Long Goodbye (1973), screenplay by Leigh Brackett, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler

The Daily Dialogue theme this week is film noir movies. The Long Goodbye suggested by Jeff.

Trivia: The Hood in Mary Augustine’s office is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb (Jaws, The Jerk) has an uncredited role as a Wade Party Guest.