Mannix (TV Series)

Search for a Whisper (1973)

William Shatner: Adam Langer

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• [first lines] 

  Adam Langer : [walking out of an airplane]  Jennifer, have the contracts on the Transpact deal typed and on my desk in the morning.

  Jennifer Holt : Yes, sir.

  Adam Langer : Mr. Mannix.

  Joe Mannix : That's right.

  Adam Langer : Good of you to come. This is Jennifer Holt, my secretary. Mr. Mannix.

  Jennifer Holt : Hello. How do you do?

  Joe Mannix : How do you do?

  Jennifer Holt : You certainly don't look like what I thought a private eye would look like.

  Joe Mannix : Well, if that's meant as a compliment, thank you.

  Jennifer Holt : You're welcome.

  Joe Mannix : You said it was important, Mr. Langer.

  Adam Langer : You've come highly recommend. Are you as good as my sources say you are?

  Joe Mannix : Now you don't really expect an unprejudiced opinion?

  Adam Langer : I just want to be sure I'm hiring the right man.

  Joe Mannix : You already decided that, or I wouldn't be here.

  Adam Langer : You're not handicapped with false modesty.

  Joe Mannix : No. Are you?

  Adam Langer : Modest people aren't worth $5 million at age 35.

  Joe Mannix : You're worth more than $5 million.

  Adam Langer : I'm more than 35. Jennifer.

  Jennifer Holt : Yes, sir.

  Adam Langer : I'll see you at the office in the morning.

  Jennifer Holt : Yes, sir. Goodbye.

  Joe Mannix : Goodbye. What did you have in mind, Mr. Langer?

  Adam Langer : I want a political figure investigated.

  Joe Mannix : Why?

  Adam Langer : For reasons of my own. I want you to dog up every rotten thing you can find out about him, anything that could be used as a smear.

  Joe Mannix : Sorry, Mr. Langer. I don't do that sort of thing. And somehow, I didn't figure it to be your style.

  Adam Langer : You're right. It isn't. But I'm making an exception in this case. I hope you will, too.

  Joe Mannix : It depends on the reason.

  Adam Langer : I want you to dog deep, deep enough to destroy him of you can.

  Joe Mannix : Who is this man?

  Adam Langer : Me.

• Adam Langer : This isn't common knowledge, but a group of my politically influential friends have formed a citizen's committee to back me for candidate for governor.

  Joe Mannix : And?

  Adam Langer : Politics is a dirty business. I want to know what they could use against me.

  Joe Mannix : Well, you should know what they might be able to use against you.

  Adam Langer : Up to a point, but anyone determined to create a scandal can blow up any insignificant incident. I want you to start from scratch, see what you can build up against me.

  Joe Mannix : A good detective can usually find dirt wherever he digs.

  Adam Langer : Perhaps so, but what I want to know what it is and how bad it will be.

  Joe Mannix : And if I find something?

  Adam Langer : Mr. Mannix, my wife's comfort and peace of mind are more important to me than any political office. If she can be hurt by something that smears me, I won't walk away from the nomination, I'll run.

• Sobol : Mannix is becoming a problem.

  Adam Langer : Yeah, I know.

  Sobol : His being able to link you with Ada Lee worries me.

  Adam Langer : And now I'm afraid he's liable to involve my wife. I'll fire him in the morning.

  Sobol : Not good enough. A man loses his job, he starts thinking about it.

  Adam Langer : I don't like violence.

  Sobol : Can't be helped.