- Rose Manning: He always said, let me see, eh, he always said, "Rosie, my girl, never give a sucker an even break."
- Rose Manning: You don't see what you want? Ask for it! We've got it, all right. Yessir, right off the boat. Our motto is: make hay while the sunshines and make whoopee with the moonshine. Don't be bashful now.
- Chuck Gaines: You can't blame me, can you, for being stuck on such a smart-crackin' swell girl? Why don't you give me a break, Rose? Oh, I don't want to boost myself too heavy, but, I been pretty good to you.
- Rose Manning: Grudge? It ain't a grudge, Chuck. It's hate. Hate - and it gets worse every day. I could kill him, only, that'd be too easy for him.
- Sergeant Schultze: First time, you hid behind a dame's skirt. You been undercover ever since.
- Chuck Gaines: McArthur will never frame me.
- Sergeant Schultze: No, you'll frame yourself, Chuck. You all do. You're supposed to be wise crooks.
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: Rose Manning is framing you to get me.
- Jimmy McArthur: Dad, what are you talking about?
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: Young Jimmy, there are two times when nobody can give a man advice. One is when he's drinking himself to death. The other is when he's in love or - thinks he is.
- Jimmy McArthur: She's clean and fine and decent and you and all your frame-up gang can't change that!
- Chuck Gaines: You're always makin' it tough for me - you and your coppers - tryin' to frame me.
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: Frame you? I don't have to frame on you, Gaines. I've been lettin' you get away with it, because, I knew that sooner or later you'd put yourself in the chair.
- Rose Manning: Good heavens, it's dear old Inspector McArthur. Inspector, darling.
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: Now, don't give me any of your lip.
- Rose Manning: Won't you offer the Inspector a little drink, Chuck?
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: I'd rather drink rat poison.
- Rose Manning: Splendid! Rat poison for the Inspector, Chuck.
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: I've had your number ever since you were a pup and a mongrel pup at that.
- Chuck Gaines: I didn't know he was your boy. Honest!
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: You say that again and I'll jam it down you're lyin' throat and your front teeth with it. You're tryin' to dirty up my boy, you rat, to get even with me and you know it.
- Rose Manning: Why shouldn't I keep Chuck out of trouble? Ain't he always been good to me? Ain't I his girl? Ah, if you weren't dizzy, you'd a known that.
- Rose Manning: Please go away. Hurry. You're not in love with me! You're in love with a girl you think I am - a girl I never was.
- Jimmy McArthur: I'm in love with the sweet girl you really are. The girl you've tried to forget.
- Rose Manning: Sweet? Me?
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: So, she's run out on you, Gaines. Well, you ought to know better than to trust that kind - your kind.
- Inspector 'Butch' McArthur: You ain't so slow either, are you?
- Rose Manning: I guess I just seem fast - to a copper.
- Rose Manning: You boys will pardon me if I don't seem interested in these parlor games of yours.
- Cassidy - a copper: Don't get gay.