- Ryan: [On the phone] We hit pay dirt. The gal in question is Yvonne LeDoux, a bur-le-q queen workin' out of the Bijou Theater, but that's not all. She's also the widow of the late Benny McBride'
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Benny's wife, huh?
- Ryan: You should see her workin' clothes Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.
- Lt. Jim Cordell: Very funny.
- Yvonne LeDoux: [Upset that he's going to shoot the fallen policeman a second time] Dave, stop it, please!
- Dave Purvis: [Coldly, as he draws a bead on him] No loose ends, Baby!
- Dave Purvis: If anything goes wrong, I'll call yuh.
- Dave Purvis: I'll have aa new number.
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: You're ginna move again?
- Dave Purvis: Yeah, tonight. The Valley Motor Court... Sunset 7-2131. I'm registered under the name of Martin Bell.
- Dave Purvis: [Seeing bnny start to write the number down on a matchbook] Don't write that down!
- Benjamin 'Benny' McBride: I don't wanna forget it. You move so often.
- Dave Purvis: I don't like things written down! I don't like it! Memorize it! Sunset 7 - 2131!
- Lt. Jim Cordell: [sarcastically as he sniffs a dry tumbler sitting on the mantle] Aged in the glass bourbon!