“- Father Jacinto: This is my first execution.
- Tom Martin: Don't worry, Father, it's mine too.”

Frank Puglia - Father Jacinto
Ray Milland - Tom Martin

“- Flo Addams: It's a rabbit's foot. A lucky charm. My uncle wore it for 32 years.
- Little John Sarto: A lucky charm, eh? Where'd you get it?
- Flo Addams: From my mother. With her own hand she took it off of my uncle after they hung him.”

Ann Sothern - Flo Addams
Edward G. Robinson - Little John Sarto

- Michael "Mike" Ward: What if she's right - he didn't do it, and they give him the chair?
- Martin: Suppose they do? What difference does it make? There's too many people in the world anyway.
John McGuire - Michael "Mike" Ward
Cliff Clark - Martin

“It's my duty to inform you that the larceny of an equine is a capital offense punishable by death, but you can rest assured that in this court, a horse thief always gets a fair trial before he's hung.”

Walter Brennan - Judge Roy Bean

“I hope they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck. Yes, angel, I'm gonna send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in 20 years. I'll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I'll always remember you.”

Humphrey Bogart - Samuel Spade