"[on Dr. Verringer to party guests as Verrigner stands before him] You know, this son of a bitch - let me tell you one thing about this bastard. He is the epitome of what's wrong - with this world - he really is actually, 'cause he pretends to cure people. Can you cure people?"

"Nothing says goodbye like a bullet."

"Mark Rydell - Marty Augustine"

"I have two friends in the world. One is a cat. The other is a murderer."

"Alex Rocco - Jimmy Scalise"

"Joe Santos - Artie Van"

"Mitchell Ryan - Waters"

"Steven Keats - Jackie Brown"

"Henry Gibson - Dr. Verringer"

"Peter Boyle - Dillon"

"Richard Jordan - Dave Foley"

"[to Joanne] Look at that face. Is that a face for a magazine cover? The profile. You're beautiful, and I love you. I sleep with a lot of women; I make love to you. The single most important person in my life, next to my family. Is that right, Pepe? Huh? [smashes a coke bottle on her face] Get her out of here! [to Marlowe] Now, that's someone I love! And you I don't even like! You got an assignment, cheapie: find my money!"

"This life's hard man, but it's harder if you're stupid!"

"And keep this mind. I've got more than five machine guns, and the rest are gonna be pointed at you."

"The only one fuckin' Eddie Coyle is Eddie Coyle."

"Can you imagine being a kid like that. What is he, 24 or something. Greatest hockey player in the world. Number four - Bobby Orr. Geez, what a future he's got, uh?"

"John Crawford - Tom Iverson"

"Janet Ward - Arlene Iverson"

"It's a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it's the only world they know. And they're the only friends Eddie has."

"No, I don't care to give my name. Stop farting around and give me Foley."

"James Woods - Quentin"

"Edward Binns - Joey Ziegler"

"Harris Yulin - Marty Heller"

"Melanie Griffith - Delly Grastner"

"Robert Mitchum - Eddie "Fingers" Coyle"

"Kenneth Mars - Nick"

"David Arkin - Harry"

"Joey Ziegler: Well, the world is getting smaller, the kids are getting younger and I'm getting drunk!"

"Marv Ellman: There's nothing like having a mother and a daughter. Gives you sort of a kind of perspective."

"Maybe he would find the girl... maybe he would find himself."

"Joey Ziegler: He'd fuck a woodpile on the chance there was a snake in it."

"You told me fairy tales... About Malone... Billy Danreuther... The President getting shot... Your erect nipples!"

"[as Harry confronts her at her poolside, after Delly's death] So I'm not grief-stricken. What does that make me? [drunkenly] You know, Delly isn't the only kid who ever had it rough. [sighs] When I was her age... I was down on my knees to half the men in this town. I'm sorry the poor little bitch is dead. And when the time comes, I'll cry for her... but you won't be around to see it, Mr. Smart-Ass-Moseby. So... Out... OUT! [drunkenly waves him away]"

"What private eye Harry Moseby doesn't know about the girl he's looking for... just might get him killed."

"When we're all as free as Delly there'll be rioting in the streets."

"Gene Hackman - Harry Moseby"

"Listen Delly, I know it doesn't make much sense when you're sixteen. Don't worry. When you get to be forty, it isn't any better."

"Jennifer Warren - Paula"

"Susan Clark - Ellen Moseby"

"Allan Miller - Colonel LeGrande A. Diller"

"Dick O'Neill - Colonel Whitney"

"Addison Powell - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz"

"Robert Mandan - Representative Martin"