Jake Gittes: Evelyn, put that gun away. Let the police handle this.Evelyn Mulwray: He owns the police!
Evelyn Mulwray: Hollis seems to think you're an innocent man.Jake Gittes: Well, I've been accused of a lot of things before, Mrs. Mulwray, but never that.
Lt. Escobar: You must really think I'm stupid, don't you, Gittes.Jake Gittes: I don't think about it that much, but gimme a day or two and I'll get back to yuh. Now I'd like to go home.Lt. Escobar: I want the other pictures, Gittes.Jake Gittes: What pictures?Lt. Escobar: THIS broad hired you, not Evelyn Mulwray.Jake Gittes: Yeah?Lt. Escobar: Yeah. Somebody wanted to shake Mulwray down; she hired you. That's how come you found out he was murdered.Jake Gittes: I heard it was an accident.Lt. Escobar: C'mon, Gittes. The hell d'you think you're dealing with? A bunch of assholes? Mulwray had salt water in his lungs. You were following him day and night; you SAW who killed him. You even took pictures of it. It was Evelyn Mulwray, and she's been payin' you off like a slot machine ever since.Jake Gittes: You accusin' me of extortion?Lt. Escobar: Absolutely!Jake Gittes: I don't think I need a day or two; you're dumber than you think I think y'are.
All right, Curly. Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.