It's a funny thing how everything keeps shoving me back to Hollywood or Beverly Hills, or this monstrosity we're riding in. Almost like gravity as if some force were saying "Get back where you belong".

Joel McCrea - John L. Sullivan

- Ebbing: It's a great pity, Mr. Donahue, that you and I should oppose each other. We have so much in common.
- "Gloves" Donahue: Yeah? How's that?
- Ebbing: You are a man of action. You take what you want, and so do we. You have no respect for democracy - neither do we. It's clear we should be allies.
Conrad Veidt - Ebbing
Humphrey Bogart - "Gloves" Donahue

“- Dr. Martin Stensgard: Why must everything in the world be either black or white?
- Karen Stensgard: Because that's the way the world is these days.”
Walter Huston - Dr. Martin Stensgard
Ann Sheridan - Karen Stensgard

“What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the law is just or not.”
Cary Grant - Leopold Dilg

“When I was young I thought things were simple. Right or wrong. Black or white. And as I grew older, I tried to understand the in-between. The shadows. I tried to see the other fellows point of view. I even imagined Nazis might be human beings. But this afternoon I knew I was right at first. Things are simple. They kill you. You kill them.”
Ralph Morgan - Jan Hanka