“To think that for merely murdering a man I was incarcerated for six whole weeks in a filthy prison cell.”

George Zucco - Professor Moriarty

“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

“Murder is my favorite crime.”
Clifton Webb - Waldo Lydecker

“- Lt. Hollis: What's he doing in Chicago?
- Joel Campbell: I assume he's still strangling young women with piano wire.”

Chris Ellis - Hollis
James Spader - Campbell

“Sylvia Pincus. Big fat Jewish broad, had a little tiny husband. She chopped him up with an ax and mailed his pieces all over the country. I don't know what she was tryin' to prove.”
Chazz Palminteri - Cheech