“- Helen Grayle: I hadn't supposed there were enough murders these days to make detecting very attractive to a young man.
- Philip Marlowe: I stir up trouble on the side.”
Claire Trevor - Helen Grayle
Dick Powell - Philip Marlowe

“- John Book: The man who was killed tonight was a policeman, and it's my job to find out what happened. I want you to tell me everything you saw when you went into the bathroom.
- Samuel: There were two.
- John Book: There were two men?
- Samuel: I only saw one.”
Harrison Ford - John Book
Lukas Haas - Samuel

“Back in those days, me and Teddy liked working Toontown, thought it was a lot of laughs. Anyway, this guy got away with a zillion simoleons. We trailed him to a little dive down on Yukster Street. We went in. Only he got the drop on us, literally. Dropped a piano on us from fifteen stories. Broke my arm, Teddy never made it.”
Bob Hoskins - Eddie Valiant

“Dale Cooper-I'll talk to her. Maybe she'll confess. Turn herself in.
Albert Rosenfield-Maybe she'll grow wings and join the circus.”
Kyle MacLachlan - Dale Cooper
Miguel Ferrer - Albert Rosenfield

“Detective without curiosity is like glass eye at keyhole - no good.”
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan