- Hawk Miller: I want you guys to make him disappear.
- Sam: Oh. You mean...
- Hawk Miller: Take him for a ride.
- Eddie Morgan: Well, I'm sick of this burg too. Now listen, I've been to New York enough to know that I belong some place where I can do something!
- Gene: Hawk Miller's always hangin' around me.
- Eddie Morgan: Hawk Miller? Hawk Miller likes me. He's my friend. And besides, he knows that you're my girl.
- Gene: You don't know Hawk, like I do. It's me he likes.
- Detective Crosby: Take my tip and get out of this city. Don't you see how close you've been to tragedy? Get out. Take a train to the country where there's trees and flowers and mountains. Leave the roaring 40s to roar without.
- Opening Title Card: This is a story of Main Street and Broadway -- a story that might have been torn out of last night's newspaper.
- Dan Dickson: We've been stuck in this pint-size town for nearly a month. It's enough to drive a guy goofy.
- Night Club Emcee & Singer: And now folks, now folks, we're gonna have the Dancing Pirates - and believe me, boys, take it from me, they'll take it from you!