"For Heaven's sake, stop sawing away on that infernal instrument! It was a sad day when Mother gave it to you, a sad day for her, a sad day for you, a sad day for us all... What I cannot understand is why, since you've had that violin with you so long, you never learned to play!"

"Anthony Quayle - Doctor Murray"

"Max Steiner: Nobody steals in my pub, except me!"

"Barbara Windsor - Annie Chapman"

"Adrienne Corri - Angela Osborne"

"Frank Finlay - Inspector Lestrade"

"Judi Dench - Sally Young"

"Charles Régnier - Joseph Beck"

"Cecil Parker - Prime Minister"

"Morris Ankrum - Lloyd Barnes"

"William Ching - Ted Barton"

"Steven Geray - Paul, Headwaiter"

"Robert Warwick - Charlie Waterman"

"Martha Stewart - Mildred Atkinson"

"Jeff Donnell - Sylvia Nicolai"

"Hadda Brooks - Singer"

"Humphrey Bogart - Dixon Steele"

"Gloria Grahame - Laurel Gray"

"Frank Lovejoy - Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai"

"[about Dix] He's a sick man...There's something wrong with him....He's exciting because he isn't quite normal."

"Carl Benton Reid - Capt. Lochner"

"[after the police tell her Dix is innocent] Yesterday, this would have meant so much to us. Now it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all."

"I lived a few weeks while you loved me. Goodbye, Dix."

"Art Smith - Mel Lippman"

"It's much easier to get people's names into the papers than to keep them out."

"I've been looking for someone for a long time. I didn't know her name or where she lived. I'd never seen her before. When a girl was killed - and because of that, I found what I was looking for. Now I know your name, where you live, and how you look."

"That's the trouble with these Hollywood dames. They all have such a sketchy education. They know absolutely nothing about the community chest, but they know everything there is to know about community property. Their arithmetic is not so hot, but just ask them how many minks make a coat."

"[about Laurel] I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me."

"It's a good thing you like my face. I'd have been in a lot of trouble without you."

"That's because they're not always telling each other how much in love they are. A good love scene should be about something else besides love. For instance, this one: me fixing grapefruit, you sitting over there, dopey, half-asleep. Anyone looking at us could tell we were in love."

"He's a smart fellow, that Lochner. A couple times, he almost had me. It was his story against mine. But, of course, I told my story better...I was smart. I covered all the angles, I have an airtight alibi."

"John Gielgud - Dr. Abraham Esau, Director Reich Energy"

"G. D. Spradlin - Arthur Clements"

"Beatrice Straight - Kay Neeley"

"Marthe Keller - Lisa Spangler"

"What happens when the oil runs out? Two men know. They both want... The Formula."

"George C. Scott - Lt. Barney Caine LAPD"

"Richard Lynch - General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco"

"Marlon Brando - Adam Steiffel, Chairman Titan Oil"

"[to Adam Stieffel] What do you know about this nation? Don't you ever give a second thought to American citizens? You're the reason their money's worthless. You're the reason old people are eating out of garbage cans, and kids get killed in bullshit wars. You're not in the oil business; you're in the oil shortage business! You're an ivory-tower hoodlum-a common street killer. I wish to Christ there was some way I could nail ya'."

"In a world starved for energy, no secret is more valuable."

"Big Oil. Big Money. Big Mystery. Everyone's out to make a killing."

"Let me tell you something. If I didn't have a son that still loved me, I'd blow your fuckin' brains out all over that wall back there... right here, right now. But I'm not in the murder business... and you're not worth one more minute of my time."

"John van Dreelen - Hans Lehman, Prefect of Police Berlin"

"From the best-selling mystery thriller that rips the truth from behind today's headlines"

"Ike Eisenmann - Tony"

"Kyle Secor - Fleishman"

"Claudette Nevins - Dr. Rissner"

"Self-Defense is not murder"

"Julia Roberts - Laura Williams Burney/Sara Waters"