Wesley Addy credited as playing...
Lt. Pat Murphy
- Lt. Pat Murphy: Now listen, Mike. Listen carefully. I'm going to pronounce a few words. They're harmless words. Just a bunch of letters scrambled together. But their meaning is very important. Try to understand what they mean. "Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, Trinity."
- Lt. Pat Murphy: Mike, why don't you tell us what you know? Then step aside like a nice fella and let us do our job.
- Mike Hammer: What's in it for me?
- Lt. Pat Murphy: You're so bright working on your own, you penny-ante gumshoe. You thought you saw something big and you tried to horn in.
- Lt. Pat Murphy: Let the big slob sit there and think about his girl. What's likely to happen to her?
- Mike Hammer: I didn't know.
- Lt. Pat Murphy: You didn't know. Do you think you'd have done any different if you had known?
- [Hammer awakens from a coma]
- Lt. Pat Murphy: Three days ago, I was figuring I'd have to finance a new tux to bury the corpse.