King of the Underworld (1939)
James Stephenson: Bill Stevens
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Quotes
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Bill Stevens : What you want is a ghost writer.
Joe Gurney : Nah no mystery stuff, just plain facts.
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Joe Gurney : [after being shot] Where's my writer?
Bill Stevens : I'm here, Joe.
Joe Gurney : I guess you'll have to finish my book without me.
Bill Stevens : The finish was written long ago.
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Bill Stevens : What do you want with me, Joe?
Joe Gurney : Well, I tell yuh, me and the boys are takin' a bit of a layoff while the pressure's on, and I got thinkin' about that book you wrote, you know, on Napoleon. Figured that him and me bein' so much alike, you'd like to do a little job for me.
Bill Stevens : What kind of job?
Joe Gurney : Well, every big man, you know, oughta have somebody to write his auto... uh, auto...
[unsure of the word]
Bill Stevens : Autobiography?
Joe Gurney : Yeah, that's it.
Bill Stevens : An autobiography is the story of a man's life written by himself.
Joe Gurney : Well, I knew that, but I got too many things on my mind to write, so I thought maybe you'd front for me.
Bill Stevens : What you want is a ghost writer.
Joe Gurney : [Obviously misunderstanding] No mystery stuff! Just plain facts. How does it sound to you?