“All we've got going for us is the city. Our only hope is they're mired down in the same shit that you and I have to wade through every day.”
Jason Robards - Chief Rotzinger

“- Cole: Fred, your son and some of his friends are a part of this problem.
- Fred Willat: My son and his friends are a part of this goddamn town!”
Richard Jamison - Cole
Andy Romano - Fred Willat

“Sure is a hard town for a fella to have a quiet game o' poker in.”
Henry Fonda - Wyatt Earp

“I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously, unless you keep in practice.”

Sydney Greenstreet - Kasper Gutman

“- Alberta Marlow: I'm not so obsessed with money as you seem to be. I can do without it.
- Rick Leland: You stick around with me and you'll get plenty of practice.”
Mary Astor - Alberta Marlow
Humphrey Bogart - Rick Leland