- Charlie Chan: [breaking into ship cabin because of screams] Sorry to intrude but etiquette ignored when lady in distress.
- Lee Chan, #1 Son: Gee, Pop, you sure missed a wonderful luncheon!
- Charlie Chan: [at the shiprail suffering from seasickness] Contradiction, please. Not having eaten have missed nothing.
- Lee Chan, #1 Son: I had turtle soup, chicken a la king, and three cream puffs. Then I had some ice cream.
- Charlie Chan: Please stop! Mention of food more painful than surgeon's knife without anesthesia.
- Lee Chan, #1 Son: Shall I get you medicine, Pop?
- Charlie Chan: Good dose of land only effective medicine.
- Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD: [on the pier with other police to welcome Charlie Chan] Look, Smitty, have the band blast at somethin' Oriental. Hey, what is the Chinese national anthem anyway?
- Smitty (Policeman): I don' know. Why don't you give 'em 'Chinatown, My Chinatown?'
- Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD: Okay, we'll play it.
- Charlie Chan: [at testimonial dinner] Police of New York and Honolulu have one thing in common. Both live on very small island, but while we have small volcano, you have biggest shakeup.
- Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD: Mr. Chan?
- Charlie Chan: That is humble name.
- Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD: I'm Inspector Nelson, Mr. Chan. Greetings from New York's Finest. The bigwigs expect you to tear a duck apart with 'em tonight.
- Charlie Chan: So sorry, come again please?
- Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin: You'll have to excuse the inspector's English, Mr. Chan. He's a Brooklyn immigrant.
- Charlie Chan: Someday hope to greet honorable brothers where roar of surf replace noise of subway and hot rhythm of Broadway cooled by strains of 'Aloha.'
- Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin: Looks like you got half of headquarters down here. What's up?
- Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD: I'm lookin' for the other half.
- Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin: Expect someone to steal the Atlantic?
- Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD: No, the boys are goin' wading.
- Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin: How's this ?
- Joan Wendall: Fine! I wanna shoot you before somebody else does!