“Consider, Watson, the irony, the tragic irony, that we accepted the commission from the victim to find her murderer. For the first time... we've been retained by a corpse.”

Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes

“Maybe he's trying to share the responsibility of these murders with us. If we don't figure out the clues in time, the blood's on our hands. If we don't find the victim in time, we're as responsible for the murders as he is.”

Denzel Washington - Lincoln Rhyme

“- Clarice Starling: Most serial killers keep some sort of trophies from their victims.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: I didn't.
- Clarice Starling: No. No, you ate yours.”
Jodie Foster - Clarice Starling
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

“- Deltoid: I've just come from the hospital! Your victim has died!
- Alex: You try to frighten me, admit so, sir. This is some new form of torture! Say it, Brother Sir.
- Deltoid: It'll be your own torture. I hope to God it'll torture you to madness!”
Aubrey Morris - Deltoid
Malcom McDowell - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

“- Sen. Jackson McCanles: So that's where you stand!
- Jesse McCanles: I think I'd rather be on the side of the victims than of the murderers.”
Lionel Barrymore - Sen. Jackson McCanles
Joseph Cotten - Jesse McCanles