Chinatown (1974)

Roy Jenson: Mulvihill

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• Jake Gittes : Mulvihill! What are you doing here?

  Mulvihill : They shut my water off. What's it to you?

  Jake Gittes : How'd you find out about it? You don't drink it; you don't take a bath in it... They wrote you a letter. But then you have to be able to read.

• Jake Gittes : Mulvihlll, what are you doing here?

  Mulvihill : They shut my water off, what's it to you?

  Jake Gittes : How'd you find out? You don't drink it, you don't take a bath in it, maybe they sent you a letter. Ah, but then you'd have to be able to read. Relax, Mulvihill, glad to see you.

  Jake Gittes : [to YELBURTON]  Do you know Claude Mulvihill here?

  Yelburton : I hope so. He's working for us.

  Jake Gittes : Doing what?

  Yelburton : Well frankly, there's been some threats to blow up the city reservoirs.

  Jake Gittes : Any particular reason?

  Yelburton : Well, it's this darn drought. We've had to ration water in the valley and the farmers are desperate. But what can we do? The city needs drinking water.

  Jake Gittes : Well, you're in luck, Mr. Yelburton.

  Yelburton : How's that?

  Jake Gittes : When Mulvihill here was sheriff of Ventura County the rum runners landed hundreds of tons of booze on the beach and never lost a drop. He ought a be able to hold on to your water for ya.