- Maître d: But, Miss: ladies without escorts are not admitted to the Rose Room.
- Marcia Brooks: Who said I was a lady?
- Tom Lawrence: How delightful. How are you and who are you?
- Marcia Brooks: Marcia Brooks, Morning Gazette
- Tom Lawrence: Oh reporter. Hmm.
- [clucks tongue]
- Tom Lawrence: So charming, too. Well Miss Brooks, I think the buildings in New York are very beautiful and the women are very tall. There you are my dear. You have your interview. Now I trust you'll excuse me.
- Inspector Timothy Donovan: [In the dress salon] What are you doin' here?
- Lefty: [Flustered] Uh, buyin' a dress for my aunt in Hoboken.
- Jerry - Gay's Houseboy: Why, Mr. Lefty, the newspapers said you were incarcerated.
- Lefty: You know I never drink. I was pinched, but I beat the rap through a suspended sentence.
- Lefty: [On board ship] Hey, we came here to meet your brother. You remember?
- Gay Lawrence: Oh, yes, yes.
- Lefty: And I sure hope he ain't got dames for a hobby like you have.
- Gay Lawrence: I'm afraid you're in for a disappointment, Lefty.
- Inspector Timothy Donovan: [Referring to the Falcon] Bates, follow 'em.
- Detective Bates: Why, Chief?
- Inspector Timothy Donovan: Because they told me I could be the boss, and the boss always gives the orders. You don't mind, do yuh?
- Detective Bates: No, not at all, Chief.
- [Donovan pulls him into the car by the collar]
- Marcia Brooks: Can't we get loose?
- Tom Lawrence: I'm afraid we're tied with typical German efficiency.
- Tom Lawrence: Well, small world, isn't it?
- Marcia Brooks: Yes; and there's some very small people in it.
- Paul Harrington: [Referring to dress designs] I couldn't afford to miss this show. These are the first of the new government approved styles.
- Leon Savitski: Murder, yes. Mass murder. Thousands of murders! You think I'm crazy, gentlemen... It all started with Pearl Harbor.
- Tom Lawrence: What didn't?