“- Eric Bates: Hang on, I got the key.
- Jack Brown: You got the key? Why didn't you say so?
- Eric Bates: You didn't ask me.”
Scott Schwartz - Eric Bates
Richard Pryor - Jack Brown

“- Uncle Morty: So, Mr. Swann, now that we sat nice, broke bread together, shared a glass of wine, I feel I know you a little.
- Alan Swann: Morty, I feel I know you even better.
- Uncle Morty: Good! Then you won't mind if I ask you a question?”
Lou Jacobi - Uncle Morty
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann

- Marie: Mister, what does it mean... when a man "crashes out"?
- Healy: Crashes out? That's a funny question for you to ask now, Sister. It means he's free.

Ida Lupino - Marie
Jerome Cowan - Healy

“Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed?”
Henry Wilcoxon - Vicar

“Most people, when they see something like this, their immediate reaction is to ask how could somebody do this and why. Even when we catch the killer, they want to know the how and why.”
Nick Nolte - Inspector Cray