- [Stallings wants Mike to postpone his vacation to hunt for his missing stepdaughter, giving him a hefty check as an inducement]
- Phyllis Hamilton: The nerve of some people. They can't take no for an answer.
- Michael Shayne: Well, you don't want to be too hard on Stallings, dear. You'd be desperate, too, if a member of your family were missing.
- [shows Phyllis the check]
- Michael Shayne: Look - isn't it pretty?
- Phyllis Hamilton: Where's your suitcase, darling? Our taxi's waiting.
- Michael Shayne: Oh, ah, well, you know after you left, I got to thinking...
- Phyllis Hamilton: And you decided to postpone our vacation.
- Michael Shayne: Well, no, not exactly. Well, as a matter of fact, after you left I did a little telephoning. I got a lead. Angel, I can find that missing girl inside of 48 hours.
- Phyllis Hamilton: Fine, I'll stay and help you.
- Michael Shayne: Angel, I said I could find her in 48 hours. That's without you - with you, it's indefinite.
- Chief Gentry: I thought you and Mike had buried the hatchet.
- Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty: I'd like to bury the hatchet right in his thick skull!
- [Mike sends Tim to rent a large car to transport an inconvenient corpse away from his office]
- Tim Rourke: I don't know why the guy picks on me. There are so many good guys to get for this job. There's Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman...
- Michael Shayne: What are you here for, business or pleasure?
- Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty: Both! It will be a pleasure to give you the business!
- [last lines]
- [a burly attendant knocks Mike out]
- Asylum Attendant: I'm sorry, lady, but he had it coming to him.
- Phyllis Hamilton: Oh, much obliged. It's the only way I could get him to go on a vacation.
- Chief Gentry: What's on your mind, Tim?
- Tim Rourke: Oh, nothing much. Just lookin' for news.
- Chief Gentry: Well, I'm awful sorry to disappoint you but we haven't had a homicide or a murder since about 11:15 last night.
- Tim Rourke: That's fine. How do you expect us to sell newspapers?