- [last lines]
- Della Street: Comedy of errors.
- Paul Drake: Uh, just errors, Della, no comedy. As Perry would say, murder is never funny.
- Della Street: Okay, boss. Okay.
- [first lines]
- Madge Elwood Albert: [sigh] You don't suppose that clock's stuck, do you?
- Arlene Ferris: It's ticking away, all right. Slow but sure.
- Madge Elwood Albert: Slow is right.