- Johnny Midnight: Well, still trying to draw off a four-card flush, Dave?
- Dave Poland: Johnny! I thought you were in New York.
- Johnny Midnight: I flew out to Hollywood yesterday.
- Dave Poland: Well, how did you know I was down here?
- Johnny Midnight: You know you're very big in the family editions. "TV star Dave Poland held in trunk murder" - charming for the kiddies.
- Dave Poland: You've never given me credit for a nickel's worth of stability, have you?
- Johnny Midnight: No, not even with inflation. I've known you too long.
- Dave Poland: Bailed me out of too many scrapes?
- Johnny Midnight: Right.
- Dave Poland: You should've left me in the little theater group?
- Johnny Midnight: Right.
- Dave Poland: Give an actor a break and he owes you, right?
- Johnny Midnight: Right.
- Dave Poland: Johnny, oh, Johnny... will you help me?
- Schatzi: Well, Mr. Smith, and where are you from?
- Johnny Midnight: The name is Midnight.
- Schatzi: That seems even less likely than Smith.