Crime Film Aficionado Mugs

'Oh, for heaven's sake, put the gun away. We're white-collar criminals. We can't just shoot it out with the cops.'

"So, now you don't want him 'whacked'. Do I get a 'kill' fee?"

"If, however, you have already made a payment..."

"What do you recommend for someone being tried in absentia?"

The Elliot Ness monster.

"Pardon me, Vito, but I'm holding the talking stick now."

"That's her - that's the girl who broke into our house! But her hair was 'goldier'."

"Since he's been a plagiarist, committed perjury and runs a Ponzi scheme, trust can be an issue."

James Gandolfini in his driveway with a tablet

Mobsters at the Beach

"I've been dumping bodies here for years, and it seems to me that the sea level is rising."

The GODFATHER Ride 25¢

Block Closed for Gritty, Hard-Edged Tale

"I know your mother."

'Try to think of this as a learning experience.'

'We want more police on our streets!' 'WHAT?! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out there?'

"I started to think outside the box. Then I started to think outside the law."

"I like his style. He makes it look like an accident."

'So, what's it gonna be? Are we gonna watch a good cop show tonight, or a bad cop show?'

"Did you remember to whack the cat?"

"Remember - this meeting never happened, we never met, and you never wore that tie with that jacket."

"Don't worry, boss, he ain't gonna be takin' his shoes off on an airplane no more."

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie

Taking to the sky...

'I want you to 'take him for a walk.''

"Rehearsal's off! Our first violinist was apprehended early this morning poaching clams in Great South Bay! The authorities have confiscated her rake and long tongs!"

"You just said, ‘And then I killed my first and second husbands.’ ... Let's explore that."

"Any clues?"

'You can't arrest me -- I gave my power of attorney to another guy!'

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

'Don Francesco, scusi... But while we were burying Luigi, some joggers ran into us... So we had to bury five corpses altogether...'

"We have ways of making you talk."

"I've come about the guitar lessons..."

Edgar Wallace.