“Why would God fill me with this desire if I wasn't meant to be with her?”
John Goodman - Detective Dehling

“He took me to a private sitting room, ordered food. But... he had changed. He was full of smiles and caresses, but... I knew at once that he was insincere. I saw that I had been... an amusement for him. Nothing more. I saw all this within... five minutes of our meeting. Yet I stayed.”

Meryl Streep - Sarah

“- Senator Jummy Simpson: I've seen that girl somewhere before.
- Liza Prescott: She's a very particular friend of the director who's making this picture. He sticks her in every scene he can.”

Walter Kingsford - Senator Jummy Simpson
Billie Burke - Liza Prescott

“- Walter Neff: Afraid, baby?
- Phyllis Dietrichson: Yes, I'm afraid. But not of Keyes. I'm afraid of us. We're not the same anymore. We did it so we could be together but instead of that, it's pulling us apart.”

Fred MacMurray - Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck - Phyllis Dietrichson

“- Gregory Anton: I knew from the first moment I saw you that you were dangerous to me.
- Brian Cameron: I knew from the first moment I saw you that you were dangerous to her.”

Charles Boyer - Gregory Anton
Joseph Cotten - Brian Cameron