“I wish my little boy had lived, so he could have seen America. I used to read to him about it every night when the shades were drawn and the sound of heavy boots marching down the street made my poor little Janka shake until I thought his bones would crack.”

Alla Nazimova - Zofia Koslowska

“- Woman in refugee camp: Fifty thousand Nicaraguans have died and now a Yankee. Perhaps now America will be outraged at what has happened here.
- Claire: Perhaps they will.
- Woman in refugee camp: Maybe we should have killed an American journalist fifty years ago.”
Luisa Sánchez M. - Woman in refugee camp
Joanna Cassidy - Claire

“- Nick Charles: I want to know something about apartment 25C. What I want to know is, how long did Rainbow Benny live in that apartment?
- Greek Janitor: No long. He's move in last night at seven and he's a dead at ten.”
William Powell - Nick Charles
Harry Burns - Greek Janitor

“- Lillian - the Housekeeper: I'm the housekeeper!
- Bob: Fine way to keep house. Women screaming. Bogeymen jumping out of windows. If I had a house like this, I wouldn't want to keep it.”
Rafaela Ottiano - Lillian - the Housekeeper
Dennis O'Keefe - Bob

“- Louis Stevens: I got a roof over my head. That's all I need right now.
- Silverio: I'll tell you what. You come work for me and train my guys, and I'll give you a roof over your head like you wouldn't believe.”
Mark Dacascos - Louis Stevens
Paco Christian Prieto - Silverio