“These cigarettes are stale. You tell that cop and his dead kid I won't stand for stale cigarettes.”

Michael Keaton - Peter McCabe

“- F. Ross Johnson: We put enough technology in this project to send a cigarette to the moon and we come up with one that tastes like it took a dump?
- Edward A. Horrigan Jr.: We haven't even talked about the smell.
- F. Ross Johnson: Oh what did they say that was like? A fart?
- Edward A. Horrigan Jr.: Yep.”

James Garner - F. Ross Johnson
Matt Clark - Edward A. Horrigan Jr.

“- District Officer: There've been a half a dozen complaints since you came to that cafe.
- Bijou: A half-dozen! Why not fifty? I'm surprised.”
Richard Carle - District Officer
Marlene Dietrich - Bijou

“- Rick Leland: You never have any clothes on.
- Alberta Marlow: If anyone heard you complaining about it, they would put you in a psychopathic ward.”
Humphrey Bogart - Rick Leland
Mary Astor - Alberta Marlow

“- Martha Strabel Van Cleve: If you don't change your attitude, I shall have to complain to your employer.
- Henry Van Cleve: I'm not employed here. I'm not a book salesman. I took one look at you and followed you into the store.”
Gene Tierney - Martha Strabel Van Cleve
Don Ameche - Henry Van Cleve