"[voiceover, to himself] You've been beaten up, slapped, shot full of hop until you were as crazy as two waltzing mice; now let's see you do something really tough, like getting up."

"[voiceover] It was one of those transient motels, something between a fleabag and a dive."

"Jonathan Hyde as Warren Westridge"

"Eric Stoltz as Dr. Steven Cale"

"Jon Voight as Paul Serone"

"[voiceover] I sparred with the night clerk for a couple of minutes, but it was like trying to open a sardine can after you broke off the metal lip. There was something about Abraham Lincoln's picture that loosened him up."

"Owen Wilson as Gary Dixon"

"When You Can't Breathe You Can't Scream"

"It's a SCREAM!"

"Ice Cube as Danny Rich"

"Jennifer Lopez as Terri Flores"

"It will take your breath away"

"[on being shaken by the lapels] Now wait a minute. I've been slapped, scratched, punched, knocked unconscious, drugged, and shot at, looking for your Velma, so quit trying to make a milkshake out of my insides, will you?"

"You can't scream if you can't breathe."

"Kari Wuhrer as Denise Kalberg"

"Never look in the eyes, of those you kill. They will haunt you forever. I know."

"Vincent Castellanos as Mateo"

"[looking at the dead bodies of Moose and Velma] Moose never would have hurt her. It didn't matter to him that she hadn't written in 6 years. It didn't matter that she turned him in for a reward. The big lug loved her... and if he was still alive... it wouldn't matter to him that she'd pumped 3 bullets into him... What a world."

"Billy Rolfe: You're not a detective, Marlowe, you're a slot machine. You'll do anything for six bits."

"Danny Trejo as Poacher"

"[voiceover, opening lines] This past spring was the first that I felt tired and realized I was growing old. Maybe it was the rotten weather we'd had in L.A. Maybe the rotten cases I'd had. Mostly chasing a few missing husbands and then chasing their wives once I found them, in order to get paid. Or maybe it was just the plain fact that I am tired and growing old."

"Robert Mitchum - Philip Marlowe"

"[voiceover] The house itself wasn't much. It was smaller than Buckingham Palace and probably had fewer windows than the Chrysler building."

"Charlotte Rampling - Helen Grayle"

"Howland Chamberlain — James Timothy Nolan"

"Tito Vuolo — Emilio Canepa"

"Wilton Graff — District Attorney"

"Fritz Leiber — Leopold Kroner"

"William Bendix — Lt. Damico"

"Maria Palmer — Martha Kroner"

"Robin Raymond — Newspaper Librarian"

"John Abbott — Charles Murdock"

"Ella Raines — Noel Faraday"

"It's a double-cross - a triple murder , with kisses for ME!"

"Edmond O'Brien — Bob Regan"

"Vincent Price — Andrew Colby"

"Joseph Wiseman — Col. Haki"

"Ian McShane — Banat"

"Vincent Price — Dervos"

"Donald Pleasence — Kuvelti"

"Scott Marlowe — Jose"

"Sam Waterston — Graham"

"Zero Mostel — Kupelkin"

"Shelley Winters — Mrs. Mathews"

"Yvette Mimieux — Josette"

"Jackie Cooper — Hurst"

"Oil is money. Money is politics. I work for money."

"Everyone they meet...every door they open...every corner they turn...could be their last!"

"Stanley Holloway — Mr. Mathews"