“- Jacob Rixley: I want your sons, Mrs. Samuel.
- Zerelda Cole Samuel: What do you want them for?
- Jacob Rixley: For robbing banks, ma'am.”
James Whitmore Jr. - Mr. Jacob Rixley
Fran Ryan - Mrs. Zerelda Cole Samuel

“One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?”
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

“- Lilly Dillon: You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book!
- Roy Dillon: What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob?
- Lilly Dillon: That's me. That's who I am. You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy.”
Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon
John Cusack - Roy Dillon

“- James Bonomo: You're probably wondering why I happen to have my safehouse all wired up.
- Taylor Kwon: Not really. Like most criminals, you have a paranoid personality.”
Sylvester Stallone - James Bonomo
Sung Kang - Taylor Kwon

“Number Two Son very promising detective... promises very much, produces very little.”

Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan