"[to Hammer] Lie still. Why torment yourself? Who would you see? Someone you do not know, a stranger. What is it we are seeking? Diamonds, rubies, gold? Perhaps narcotics? How civilized this earth used to be. But as the world becomes more primitive, its treasures become more fabulous. Perhaps sentiment will succeed where greed failed. You will die, Mr. Hammer. But your friend, you can save her. Yes you can. The young lady you picked up on the highway. She wrote you a letter. In it were two words: 'Remember Me.' She asks you to remember. What is it you must remember? [he injects Hammer with a hypodermic needle full of sodium pentothal] And while you sleep, your subconscious will provide the answer. And you will cry out what it is that you must remember. Pleasant dreams, Mr. Hammer."

"Kiss me, Mike. I want you to kiss me. Kiss me. The liar's kiss that says 'I love you.' It means something else. You're good at giving such kisses. Kiss me."

"What’s in it for me?"

"Alright, you convinced me - I’m a real stinker."

"I should have thrown you off that cliff back there. I might still do it."

"I'll make a quick guess: You were out with a guy who thought “no” was a three-letter word."

"[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."

"Hadda Brooks - Singer"

"Steven Geray - Paul, Headwaiter"

"William Ching - Ted Barton"

"Morris Ankrum - Lloyd Barnes"

"Robert Warwick - Charlie Waterman"

"Jeff Donnell - Sylvia Nicolai"

"Martha Stewart - Mildred Atkinson"

"Art Smith - Mel Lippman"

"Carl Benton Reid - Capt. Lochner"

"Frank Lovejoy - Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai"

"Gloria Grahame - Laurel Gray"

"Humphrey Bogart - Dixon Steele"

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"King Roderick: The Duke. What did the Duke do?"

"Hubert Hawkins: I’ve got it! I’ve got it! The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?"

"Get it? Got it? Good."

"King Roderick: You spent some time in the Italian court?"

"Hubert Hawkins: I am prepared to make a statement: When I was a lad I was gloomy and sad as I was from the day I was born. When other babes giggled and gurgled and wiggled, I proudly was loudly forlorn. My friends and my family looked at me clammily, thought there was something amiss: when others found various antics hilarious all I could manage was this [looks at his hands]"

"Gilbert Roland - Victor "Gaucho" Ribera"

"Ivan Triesault - Von Ellstein"

"Elaine Stewart - Lila"

"Sammy White - Gus, Lorrison's over-emotional agent"

"Paul Stewart - Syd Murphy, Shield's press agent"

"Vanessa Brown - Kay Amiel, Fred's wife"

"Leo G. Carroll - Henry Whitfield, a British director"

"Gloria Grahame - Rosemary Bartlow"

"Barry Sullivan - Fred Amiel"

"Dick Powell - James Lee Bartlow"

"Walter Pidgeon - Harry Pebbel"

"Kirk Douglas - Jonathan Shields"