- Alan Durfee: Mitternacht? You're even in worse shape than I am, old buddy, and it's only eleven o'clock, in the morning.
- Alan Durfee: You know what the trouble is, Mason? They don't make good pictures anymore. Nobody wants to give an actor a break. Oh, sure, sure, I read lots of scripts. But you know what the trouble is? The words... they get in between the star and his public.
- Frank Appleton: Durfee, please! I want to ask him about real life!
- Alan Durfee: And then there are those so-called directors.
- [first lines]
- [after surprising Greta from behind with a kiss]
- Frederic Ralston: What did they say your name is?
- Greta Koning: [whispers] Frederic.
- Frederic Ralston: Oh, no, you don't seem like any boy to me.
- [last lines]
- Hurt: Mr. Mason. I think I have an interesting case to talk to you about.
- Perry Mason: Inspector.