"Now remember, I want a lot of costumers around those roulette tables tonight. You girls didn't do so well last time. So keep the wheel spinning and the ivories rolling and remember - all rough stuff is taboo."

"Claire Carleton — Bella"

"Arline Judge — Helen Martin"

"Roger Clark — Frank Donovan"

"Frederick Worlock — J. Norton Sims"

"Arthur Stone — Vic as a Child"

"Edna Holland — Libby Sims"

"Ann Carter — Martha as a Child"

"Robin Raymond — Rita Randall"

"Raymond Burr — Peter Vendig"

"Joyce Arling — Kate Vendig"

"Charles Evans — Bruce McDonald"

"Edith Barrett — Mrs. Burnside"

"Barbara Pepper — Ruth"

"Robert "Bobby" J. Anderson — Horace as a Child"

"Martha Vickers — Susan Duane"

"Dennis Hoey — Mr. Burnside"

"Zachary Scott — Horace Vendig"

"Louis Hayward — Vic Lambdin"

"Why must you destroy everyone who helps you?"

"Diana Lynn — Martha / Mallory"

"[about Horace] Vic, he wasn't a man. He was a way of life."

"[sipping a drink] The wine of the country, my friend. Bourbon - a name given to kings and whiskey. The kings are gone, the liquor remains."

"Sydney Greenstreet — Mansfield"

"Power...and Money Were His Gods!"

"Jimmy Lydon — Paul Cartwright"

"Warren William — Brett Curtis"

"Sally Eilers — Virginia Cartwright"

"I'm Paul Cartwright, my father was Judge Albert Cartwright, once lieutenant governor of the state, he was killed two years ago in a mysterious accident. We were not only father and son, but friends. The shock of his violent death still haunts my mind, my nights are troubled by strange dreams."

"Lucille Bremer — Christa Mansfield"

"Dorothy Burgess — Mrs. Peters"

"Regis Toomey — Dr. Martin Vincent"

"Clancy Cooper — Marcus"

"Addison Randall — Johnny Moon"

"Here's another Broadway hopeful: Faustino the Great. For 20 years he was an organ grinder with a monkey. Then one day the monkey went on strike. He wanted shorter hours and longer bananas."

"Mackinaw, you know I have a full record of the case, and tonight at the opening of the play you MAY have the solution, but when the curtain rises, Madam Egelichi will be in the front box, and sitting next to her will be Count B'ullabaisse - but if you take away the count's silk hat, his opera cloak and his full dress suit you'll have ME, shivering in my underwear."

"I am the same Sam Grunion who solved the international uranium-mining swindle. Scotland Yard was baffled; the FBI was baffled. They sent for me and the case was solved immediately: I confessed."

"Hey, that's not my suit you're pulling."

"[to Madam Egelichi] Oh, no. I'm not gonna follow you and get shot. If I was half-shot I'd follow you."

"Look-a, Mr. Lyons, I know you wanna make a good impression, but-a please - don't play better than me."

"New Musical Girlesque!!!"

"Harpo Marx — Harpo"

"Eric Blore — Mackinaw"

"Paul Valentine — Mike Johnson"

"Raymond Burr — Alphonse Zoto"

"Bruce Gordon — Hannibal Zoto"

"Marion Hutton — Bunny Dolan"

"Melville Cooper — Lefty Throckmorton"

"Ilona Massey — Madame Egelichi"

"Leon Belasco — Mr. Lyons"