- [first lines]
- [Mike finds his secretary doing calisthenics in his office]
- Michael Shayne: Angel, what are you doing?
- Phyllis Hamilton: My beauty exercises, Mike.
- Michael Shayne: You don't need to do that.
- Phyllis Hamilton: Oh, no? With all those dizzy blondes throwing themselves at you, I'm not taking any chances. Besides, I want you to love me when I'm old and gray.
- Michael Shayne: Why should a couple of years make a difference? Anyway, I'm allergic to blondes. Can I help it if I'm irresistible?
- [Phyllis calls the homicide squad to report a murder]
- Phyllis Hamilton: This is Mike's secretary, Phyllis. A corpse just walked in and fell down on the floor.
- Inspector Pete Rafferty: What!
- Phyllis Hamilton: You don't have to shout at me. I said a corpse just walked in and fell down on the floor.
- Inspector Pete Rafferty: That's what I thought you said. Keep him there, I want to question him!
- Helen Brimstead: I can't keep paying blackmail the rest of my life.
- Michael Shayne: What do you want me to do?
- Helen Brimstead: Well, he's an escaped convict. If you tried to arrest him and he should resist, you could...
- Michael Shayne: Knock him off?
- Helen Brimstead: If that's what you want to call it.
- Michael Shayne: It's a little out of my line. I haven't killed a husband in some time.
- [Tim is rummaging through Phyllis' desk]
- Michael Shayne: What are you looking for?
- Tim Rourke: Bodies.
- Michael Shayne: Oh, the janitor probably swept them out this morning.
- Michael Shayne: I think I'll go see a blonde about a man.
- Phyllis Hamilton: Okay, let's go.
- Michael Shayne: Oh, well, I won't need you this time - strictly business.
- Phyllis Hamilton: Your definition of business seems very elastic.
- [Phyllis and Tim are standing in the middle of the wreckage of what used to be Mike's office]
- Phyllis Hamilton: What a mess.
- Tim Rourke: Yeah, Mike seems to be on the wrong side of this case - they're bringing the fight to him!
- Tim Rourke: Hey, Mike. You're still holding out. Why? Don't you trust a federal agent or are you gambling with Phyll's life to cut yourself in on the deal?
- Michael Shayne: Is that the way it looks to you?
- Tim Rourke: Yeah.
- Michael Shayne: You better get yourself a pair of glasses.
- [the police have just arrested Mike's pretty client for multiple murders]
- Phyllis Hamilton: Well, that's one more blonde out of my life.
- [last lines]
- [with the case wrapped up, Tim slugs Mike]
- Tim Rourke: I hated to do that Mike.
- Michael Shayne: That's all right. I had it coming.
- Drunk: Hey! I didn't know I was livin' next door to a den of criminals. She was mighty cute, though. I tried to get better acquainted.
- Michael Shayne: Yeah? You're lucky you didn't make the grade. You might have wound up in the morgue.