"Personally, I don't think you're the type for the work. But against my better judgment, I'll give you a trial. Now you need white shoes. Ask for nurses' regulation. Any of the stores. $2.95. We furnish your uniform but it comes off your first check. $3.95. You get it at cost and keep it laundered. If you don't suit us, we charge you twenty-five cents on the uniform. That comes off your check too. Keep your own tips."

"[first lines and last words] Mildred!"

"Sure was a big night for me. I come out looking for an evening of fun and laughter and what do I get? Dishpan hands and a date with a Girl Scout."

"We lived on Corvallis Street where all the houses looked alike. Ours was number 1143. I was always in the kitchen. I felt as though I'd been born in a kitchen and lived there all my life, except for the few hours it took to get married."

"I'll never forget it. Never as long as I live. She said, "Mommy," and that was all. Oh, I loved her so much. Oh, please God, don't ever let anything happen to Veda."

"The kind of Woman most men want - but shouldn't have!"

"Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!"

"A mother's love leads to murder."

"In her heart of hearts she knew it would happen this way!"

"Jo Ann Marlowe - Kay Pierce"

"Veda Ann Borg - Miriam Ellis"

"Moroni Olsen - Inspector Peterson"

"Lee Patrick - Mrs. Maggie Biederhof"

"Bruce Bennett - Albert "Bert" Pierce"

"Butterfly McQueen - Lottie"

"Ann Blyth - Veda Pierce Forrester"

"Eve Arden - Ida Corwin"

"[seeing a bejewelled Connie in a fur coat as he enters the lifeboat] Connie! Did you come from the freighter or the Stork Club?"

"William Yetter Jr. - German sailor"

"Canada Lee - George "Joe" Spencer"

"Hume Cronyn - Stanley "Sparks" Garrett"

"Heather Angel - Mrs. Higgins"

"Henry Hull - Charles D. "Ritt" Rittenhouse"

"John Hodiak - John Kovac"

"Mary Anderson - Alice MacKenzie"

"Walter Slezak - Willi"

"William Bendix - Gus Smith"

"Tallulah Bankhead - Constance "Connie" Porter"

"Six men and three women — against the sea and each other."

"What happens when six men and three women are alone in an open boat?"

"Who goes Primitive first...A man...Or a woman...adrift in an open boat?"

"My name is Schmidt, but I changed it to Smith. That's what I got against these guys more than anything else. They make me ashamed of the name I was born with. I got a lot of relatives in Germany. For all I know this guy may be one of them. I say throw him to the sharks!"

"[to the delirious Gus] There's Rosie! She's waiting for you! [Willy pushes Gus overboard]"

"We're not like you! You're made of iron, we're just flesh and blood! Hungry and thirsty flesh and blood!"

"Dying together's even more personal than living together."

"[quoting the Bible, in resolving to remain in the U.S. Army, and to fight in the Great War]: Therefore, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."

"Erville Alderson - Nate Tomkins"

"Robert Porterfield - Zeb Andrews"

"Pat Flaherty - Sergeant Harry Parsons"

"Joseph Sawyer - Sergeant Early"

"Charles Esmond - German Major"

"David Bruce - Bert Thomas"

"Harvey Stephens - Captain Danforth"

"Charles Trowbridge - Cordell Hull"

"Howard Da Silva - Lem"

"Clem Bevans - Zeke"

"Dickie Moore - George York, Alvin's brother"

"June Lockhart - Rosie York, Alvin's sister"

"Noah Beery Jr. - Buck Lipscomb"

"Ward Bond - Ike Botkin"