- 'Very Very', Peddler: I'm telling you this is a very, very good price. On Times Square, six bucks a pair. Yeah! I'm givin' it to you for three. What do you want?
- Chinchilla Jones: Why don't you get lost, Very Very. They're not interested in your hot merchandise.
- 'Very Very', Peddler: Hot? Hot? What are you talkin' about? This is very, very reputable merchandise.
- Della Seramis: How many times do I have to tell you not to walk in on me. Briney would knock your teeth out if he was here.
- 'Very Very', Peddler: Well, what's the difference. You got company.
- [Very Very snickers]
- Mike Hammer: You keep splittin' your face like that and I'll do it for O'Brien.
- 'Very Very', Peddler: I have a very, very good buy for you tonight... a necklace of real, genuine simulated cultured pearls. Hey, maybe your boyfriend might pop for you, huh?
- Della Seramis: This is not my boyfriend, this is my...
- Mike Hammer: ...agent. Yeah, I'm her agent. I represent Miss Seramis in all her theatrical efforts, enterprises and golden opportunities.
- [Mike stares at the beautiful Chinchilla Jones]
- Mike Hammer: You know, I wish I could say we've met before.
- Chinchilla Jones: From now on you can.
- Mike Hammer: What's your name?
- Chinchilla Jones: Chinchilla Jones, but my friends call me "Chilly".
- Mike Hammer: Yeah, but you're not, baby, you're not.
- A. J. 'Fats' Tyler: Yes, I've heard of you, Hammer, but don't start throwing your weight around here.
- Mike Hammer: Oh, no no, let me be the first to inform you, Fats, that you're a very lucky man. You're probably the only man in existence that I can't belt in the jaw in the due process of conversation.
- A. J. 'Fats' Tyler: Meaning what?
- Mike Hammer: Meaning if I let you have it just once, you'd probably fly apart like a jigsaw puzzle. Now I don't want a murder rap, so I discovered another means of extracting information that's much more reliable than a lie detector.
- A. J. 'Fats' Tyler: I'm not interested.
- [Mike grabs Fats's nose and twists]
- Mike Hammer: Now, when your nose reaches the halfway mark, you'll have a bell ringing in your ears and your eyes will light up with a bright red light and, lo and behold, the truth comes out. Now let's have a little talk.
- [last lines]
- [Mike has just shot Very Very]
- 'Very Very', Peddler: Chilly, Chilly... Chinchilla, I tried very, very hard.
- Mike Hammer: Give him a break.
- [Chincilla bends down and kisses Very Very]
- Mike Hammer: Requiem for a sucker.