- Mike Hammer: My client appreciates a personal touch, but, uh, he's not buying. You see, he doesn't like pressure.
- Sandra Ryan: I don't think I know what you mean.
- Mike Hammer: Well, let's put it another way, then. My client prefers that a sales manager calls on him with a sales book in his hand instead of brass knuckles.
- Sandra Ryan: Mr. Hammer, are you implying that there was anything illegitimate in our proposition with Mr. Sands?
- Mike Hammer: Yeah - muscle's illegitimate.
- Mark Michaels: Where is it?
- Mike Hammer: So you get the statement - he can always sign another one.
- Mark Michaels: Not unless he can operate a ouija board.
- Mike Hammer: He's dead?
- Mark Michaels: Now where is it?
- Mike Hammer: I gave it to the police.
- Mark Michaels: Not you, Hammer. You like to bury your own dead.
- Mike Hammer: I want the mugs that beat up on Mel Sands!
- Mark Michaels: What about me?
- Mike Hammer: That depends on how fast you can run.