Harper

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,

Taglines:

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Quotes:

Lew Harper: The bottom is loaded with nice people, Albert. Only cream and bastards rise.

Miranda Sampson: What do you do this kind of crummy work for, anyway?::Lew Harper: What, are you trying to be funny? I do it because I believe in the United Nations and Southeast Asia, and - you think it's funny if your life depends on what goes through the Panama Canal? What about the English pound? I'll tell you something - as long as there's a Siberia, you'll find Lew Harper on the job.::Miranda Sampson: Are you putting me on?::Lew Harper: Jeez, I don't think so.

Sheriff: Who is this clown?::Albert Graves: He's a private detective working for us.::Lew Harper: Yeah, I used to be a sheriff 'til I passed my literacy test.

Bartender: It's two after six. We don't serve domestic after six. Only imported.::Harper: Terrific. Keep the change.::Bartender: There is no change.::Harper: [pause] Keep it anyway.

Lew Harper: [placing a crank call to his wife, imitating English accent into phone] Mrs. Harper? Mrs. Lewis Harper?::Susan Harper: [puzzled and sleepy] Yes...::Lew Harper: Oh thank heavens! You see, we've just picked your name from this enormous drum full of names... Only you had to be there to win... and you are, so you have!::Susan Harper: Win?::Lew Harper: [flustered, thinking]... Six... one-hour frug lessons, absolutely free. Yes. I'm Austin Schwartz-Marmaduke, of the Schwartz-Marmaduke Institue for Ballroom Education. You must've heard of us, we're just off Wilshire near the Frug Foundation...::Susan Harper: I don't want any frug lessons.::Lew Harper: Of course you do, dear lady. Why just think how t'riffic you'll feel next time you and your husband try frugging... [starts to break up, chuckling at his own humor] how endlessly feminine you'll feel... [starts to really break up]::Susan Harper: [she has recognized Harper's voice and is paying him back now] My husband is dead!::Lew Harper: [not sure where this is going] Well, that's too bad, as a matter of fact...::Susan Harper: [gaining the upper hand in this joke] No... as a matter of fact, you're wrong. His death did nothing but serve the cause of mankind. He was a fool, a sadist, a functioning pathological pervert... He was grotesque in all ways. Can a soul be atrocious? [Harper has lost control and covers the phone, chuckling] His was. He was a degenerate's degenerate. You won't believe this, Mr. "Marmaduke", but he used to call me on the phone sometimes, pretending to be other people. He actually thought it was funny!

Lew Harper: [Asked if he was from Vegas] Oh, yeah. I just come up.::Bartender: You know, I would've guessed you were from Vegas.::Lew Harper: No kidding? You can tell, huh? Oh, really tell. You must be physic.::Bartender: Psychic, you mean.

Allan Taggert, Sampson's Pilot: Hey, this detective work is really fun!

Puddler: Kill the body and the head dies.

Deputy Sheriff: Okay, put them up.::Lew Harper: Put what up?

Lew Harper: Your husband keeps lousy company, Mrs. Sampson, as bad as there is in LA. And that's as bad as there is.