"You're through...That hand will never be good again - not for fighting...It's a lucky thing. You aren't punchy yet. Now suppose it was your brains were scrambled instead of your hand."

"[to Colfax] He (Dum Dum) said Kitty brought him word at midnight about the changed meeting place. The half-way house didn't burn down 'till nearly three in the morning. That meant Kitty had a partner. And who could it be but you."

"[to Kitty] As soon as you could break away, you left him flat. I'd like to have known the old Kitty Collins. You were in the clear because no one knew you'd been with the Swede. You had nothing to fear from anyone. Too bad it had to catch up with you now."

"It was Kitty Collins and not the Swede that reaped the golden harvest...When the gang met to divvy up after the robbery, the Swede pulled a fast one and walked off with the whole take...That same night, he and Kitty were together in Atlantic City. She walked out on him a couple of days later. The money disappeared when she did."

"[to Dum Dum] You don't know what the Swede did with the money or you wouldn't be here tearing his room to pieces. But maybe you do know things that put together with the things I know will tell me where the money is."

"This isn't a two-for-a-nickel shooting. Two professional killers show up in a small town and put the blast on a filling station attendant. A nobody. There was no attempted robbery. They were out for only one thing. To kill him. Why?"

"James Cagney - Ralph Cotter"

"John Doucette - Walt"

"Edna Holland - Mrs. Thompson"

"Joan Miller - The Lush"

"Richard Long - Slade Thompson"

"Meg Randall - Helen"

"Griff Barnett - Pop"

"Robert Osterloh - Mr. Nelson"

"Alan Napier - Finchley"

"Percy Helton - Frank"

"Tom Pedi - Vincent"

"Esy Morales - Orchestra Leader"

"Stephen McNally - Det. Lt. Ramirez"

"Dan Duryea - Slim Dundee"

"Yvonne DeCarlo - Anna Dundee"

"Burt Lancaster - Steve Thompson"

"They played it with BULLETS!"

"When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser...IT'S A CRISS-CROSS!"

"Pop: Well, you know how it is. He's divorced, but he's still got her in his bones."

"Mrs. Thompson: What makes you think I don't understand? I understand! A girl puts on a piece of silk, and the next thing that happens, a young fellow like you is sure he knows exactly what he's doing."

"I should have been a better friend. I shoulda stopped you. I shoulda grabbed you by the neck, I shoulda kicked your teeth in. I'm sorry, Steve."

"I am different. I never wanted the money - I just wanted you."

"A man eats an apple. He gets a piece of the core stuck between his teeth. He tries to work it out with some cellophane from a cigarette pack. What happens? The cellophane gets stuck in there too. Anna? What was the use. I knew that somehow I'd wind up seeing her that night."

"Frank Jaquet - Sam Smollett"

"Gene Evans - Deputy Sheriff"

"Frances Dominguez - Mama Minosa"

"John Berkes - Papa Minosa"

"Lewis Martin - McCardle"

"Ray Teal - Sheriff"

"Richard Benedict - Leo Minosa"

"Frank Cady - Mr. Federber"

"Porter Hall - Jacob Q. Boot"

"Robert Arthur - Herbie Cook"

"Jan Sterling - Lorraine Minosa"

"Kirk Douglas - Charles 'Chuck' Tatum"

"I've met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my time, but you--you're twenty minutes."

"I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons."

"How'd you like to make a thousand dollars a day, Mr. Boot? I'm a thousand-dollar-a-day newspaperman. You can have me for nothing."

"You know what's wrong with New Mexico, Mr. Wendel? Too much outdoors."

"When they bleached your hair, they must have bleached your brain too."

"I can handle big news and little news. And if there's no news, I'll go out and bite a dog."