“Be flippant about your own crimes if you want to, but don't be flippant about mine!”
James Stephenson - Howard Joyce

“- Lord Peter Wimsey: What seems to be the trouble?
- Inspector Kirk: We're reconstructing the crime.”
Robert Montgomery - Lord Peter Wimsey
Leslie Banks - Inspector Kirk

“- Chief Painter: What are you doing here?
- Michael Shayne: Ask me later. I haven't thought of an answer yet.”

Donald MacBride - Chief Painter
Lloyd Nolan - Michael Shayne

“Never again will you dare - in my presence - to condone your crimes under the mask of patriotism.”

Flora Robson - Queen Elizabeth

“Maybe you're right. As you pointed out, there are certain similarities between the two crimes, but you missed perhaps the most important: both murders were discovered by the same man - you!”

Charles Waldron - District Attorney