"Power, yes... I want that as much as you want your job, or that girl. We all have different tastes as you can see, only I'm willing to back my tastes with the necessary force."

"Norman Lloyd - Frank Fry"

"Clem Bevans - Neilson"

"Alan Baxter - Mr. Freeman"

"Otto Kruger - Charles Tobin"

"You have all the makings of an outstanding boor."

"Robert Cummings - Barry Kane"

"[to Barry Kane] Very pretty speech - youthful, passionate, idealistic. Need I remind you that you are the fugitive from justice, not I. I'm a prominent citizen, widely respected. You are an obscure workman wanted for committing an extremely unpopular crime. Now which of us do you think the police will believe?"

"Priscilla Lane - Patricia 'Pat' Martin"

"3000 miles of terror!"

"You'd like to say - IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE!... but every jolting scene is TRUE!!"

"You're one of the ardent believers - a good American. Oh, there are millions like you. People who play along, without asking questions. I hate to use the word stupid, but it seems to be the only one that applies. The great masses, the moron millions. Well, there are a few of us unwilling to troop along... a few of us who are clever enough to see that there's much more to be done than just live small complacent lives, a few of us in America who desire a more profitable type of government. When you think about it, Mr. Kane, the competence of totalitarian nations is much higher than ours. They get things done."

"[Philip, a blind man, explains to Patricia why he believes Barry is innocent] Don't you know I can see a great deal farther than you can? I can see intangible things. For example, innocence."

"[to Charles Tobin] Why is it that you sneer every time you refer to this country? You've done pretty well here. I don't get it."

"Pat, this moment belongs to me. No matter what happens, they can never take it away from me. [another dancer cuts in and dances off with Pat]"

"[to Patricia as they dance at a party full of Nazi sympathizers] Right now, they're probably haggling over the price for us with Murder, Incorporated."

"[to the court, after being found guilty of murder] I shall see you ALL soon - very soon."

"Robert Lewis - Maurice Bottello"

"Mady Correll - Mona, wife of Verdoux"

"William Frawley - Jean La Salle"

"Eula Morgan - Phoebe Couvais"

"Almira Sessions - Lena Couvais"

"Virginia Brissac - Carlotta Couvais"

"Edwin Mills - Jean Couvais"

"Irving Bacon - Pierre Couvais"

"Barbara Slater - the flower seller"

"Marilyn Nash - The Girl"

"Margaret Hoffman - Lydia Floray"

"Isobel Elsom - Marie Grosnay"

"Martha Raye - Annabella Bonheur"

"Charlie Chaplin - Henri Verdoux"

"Chaplin's Bluebeard Comedy is a Killer!"

"Hysterical laughter! Haunting romance! Shocking drama!"

"New hat. new coat, new pants, new shoes, new laughs, but the same great Charles Chaplin!"

"A comedy of murders. The story of a modern French Bluebeard!"

"A Comedy of Murders."

"It's a blundering world and a very sad one, yet kindness can make it beautiful."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles."