“- Pinky - The Manager: Don't hurt him boys. He's got a movie to make.
- Chanticleer: I ain't makin' nothin' with you!
- Pinky - The Manager: King, I got a lot of money tied up in this picture. I don't wanna lose my money, and you don't wanna lose your friends.
- Chanticleer: That's blackmail!
- Pinky - The Manager: That's showbiz!”

Sorrell Booke - Pinky - The Manager
Glen Campbell - Chanticleer

“- Steiner: Dr Land.
- Dr Land: Yes?
- Steiner: The money is all here. Every dollar.
- Dr Land: I'd be surprised if it weren't.”
Hugh O'Brian - Steiner
Dean Jagger - Dr. Land

“- Alvin: Let me get this straight, the offer is a million dollars, or you kill me.
- Bristol: Correct.
- Alvin: You know, a million dollars ain't what it used to be, with taxes.”
Jamie Foxx - Alvin
Doug Hutchison - Bristol

“- Shad: Accordin' to the Wall St. Journal we got here the hottest selling yogurt in the country. I bring this in, say my hair fell out from the shock. Boom! They pay off big time. My lawyer thinks it's a genius idea.
- Erin Grant: Your lawyer has an office over a video store.
- Shad: Call me a dreamer. I don't wanna be a bouncer forever.”

Ving Rhames - Shad
Demi Moore - Erin Grant

“Blackmail isn't so pure nor so simple, and it brings a great deal of trouble to a great many people before it's through, and we know how to deal with it in our part of the world. And, sometimes, the blackmailer finds himself in jail at the end of it!”

C. Aubrey Smith - Colonel Julyan