- Police Lt. Arthur Tragg: I've been on the force for thirty years and I've never found an easy way of saying this: your husband has been murdered.
- Perry Mason: I came here to ask you about a man in a picture.
- Lois Rogers: A what?
- Perry Mason: A man in a picture.
- [first lines]
- Lester Martin: [answering phone] Mm-hm?
- Sam Crane: Lester, this is Sam Crane. Did I wake you?
- Lester Martin: Mm-hm.
- Sam Crane: Well, I'm glad I did. You promised to be at the office at 10:00.
- Lester Martin: For crying out loud, Sam, it's only 9.
- Police Lt. Arthur Tragg: What's the, uh, cast for Perry?
- Perry Mason: Oh, an old service injury. The doctor feels it should be immobilized for a few weeks, that's all.
- Police Lt. Arthur Tragg: Well I thought maybe you were feeling your bruises from the DA.
- [last lines]
- Photo Girl: [to the people sitting with Perry after taking their picture] Excuse me, but didn't you want your picture taken?
- Marge Fuller: I don't know why I didn't get it when you did practically the same thing right in front of me.
- Della Street: Don't worry. I miss things like that all the time.