Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Ted de Corsia: Lukie Luzette
Quotes
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Lukie Luzette : Where's the mermaid tonight?
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Joe Backett : Don't you read the papers?
Lukie Luzette : Only the race results.
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Lukie Luzette : Nice-looking guy, if you like the type.
Joe Backett : And I don't.
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Lukie Luzette : Big game, eh? Any good bets around?
Joe Backett : Lukie, this is a polo match, strictly society stuff. Fifty bucks is tops in the locker room.
Lukie Luzette : Fifty bucks? That's birdseed. I bet that on traffic signals.
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Lukie Luzette : Now, listen, and get this straight. Go out to the Middlebrook Country Club tomorrow and pick up a polo player named José O'Rourke. Bring him here.
Mac Mozolla : Suppose he don't wanna come?
Lukie Luzette : Persuade him.
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Lukie Luzette : Know anything about polo?
Mac Mozolla : Eh? What's his first name?
Lukie Luzette : No, no, it's a game. Very fast. Played with a mallet and a ball.
Mac Mozolla : Oh, you mean croquet.
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Lukie Luzette : You birdbrain. That isn't O'Rourke. That's some stupid-looking redheaded goon.
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Lukie Luzette : I got a big wad riding on Middlebrook.