“King of the Underworld” quotes

“- Bill Stevens: What you want is a ghost writer.
- Joe Gurney: Nah no mystery stuff, just plain facts.”
James Stephenson - Bill Stevens
Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney

“- Dr. Sanders: If the sheriff did his duty, you'd be locked up in a cell!
- Carol Nelson: If the state did its duty, you'd be locked up in a cell - a padded cell!”
Arthur Aylesworth - Dr. Sanders
Kay Francis - Carol Nelson

“- Aunt Josephine: You're putting your head right in the lion's mouth.
- Carol Nelson: That's what I've got to do.”
Jessie Busley - Aunt Josephine
Kay Francis - Carol Nelson

“Hey Doc... anybody ever tell you that you're a pretty good lookin' doll? I don't go for dolls as a rule. They're just something nice to have around the house like cats and dogs and pets and things. You got brains.”

Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney

“- Eddie: Hey, boss, where am I gonna pick up a typewriter at this time of the night? The stores are all closed!
- Joe Gurney: Well, open one!”
Murray Alper - Eddie
Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney

“- Joe Gurney: Hey, did you hear that, Slick? I'm a moronic type.
- Slick: Yeah? Hey, what's that?
- Joe Gurney: I don't know. Some type of medical name, ain't it doc?”
Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney
Charley Foy - Slick

“It says in the book that Napoleon said a good general has got to know when to be just, severe, or mild.”
Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney

“I got thinkin' about that book you wrote, you know, on Napoleon. Figured that him and me bein' so much alike, you'd like to do a little job for me.”

Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney

“- Joe Gurney: Well, can I take it or can I take it?
- Carol Nelson: You can take it. Some people aren't sensitive to pain, especially moronic types.”

Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney
Kay Francis - Carol Nelson

“That's a hot one. First time anybody ever told me to keep my mouth shut and got away with it.”

Humphrey Bogart - Joe Gurney