- Magda: I told you our first meeting wasn't accidental. I was determined to make a catch like you. I thought I could make you fall in love with me.
- Gene Bradley: Your plan worked.
- Magda: No. It went wrong. You see, I fell for you.
- Gene Bradley: Why'd you leave?
- Magda: You deserve someone better than me.
- Gene Bradley: Women's logic has never been one of my strong points.
- Don Fleming: Magda's bad news.
- Gene Bradley: How bad?
- Don Fleming: I don't know who she's got mixed up with, but it's bad. Look, I tried to fool you, Gene, for your own sake. You gotta know that.
- Gene Bradley: Thank for caring. Just when have I ever needed a nursemaid?
- Don Fleming: These boys weren't beginners.
- Gene Bradley: Rough you up?
- Don Fleming: Where it hurts and doesn't show.
- Gene Bradley: Why?
- Don Fleming: Warned off Magda. Told me if I saw her again, I'd end up dead.
- Gene Bradley: [to Don] I knew you when you were working for the government. Then you went into business for yourself. That's when Magda disappeared. I hired you. I hired an army of private eyes to find her. But you all failed. Oh, I'm not blaming you. The world can be a pretty big place if you're trying to hide in it.
- Maurice: We have come to take you for a little drive, Mr. Bradley.
- Gene Bradley: You say drive or ride?
- Maurice: That's Hollywood talk. Things are different here.
- Magda: Nassim is the head of the syndicate. The head. I never ever saw myself as a lady policeman. I'm getting very good at it. I'm close to getting the evidence to put him away. It's my chance to do something.