- Garrity: Is this the great Whispering Smith?
- John Richards: Yeah. You're going to get to know him a lot better before you're through.
- Garrity: Whispering Smith? Him? Well, sonny, you haven't took to shavin', have you?
- Whispering Smith: I tried it a couple of times.
- [Romack and Smith have proposed a desperate plan of action to Richards]
- John Richards: No, you're not going to get fired, George. But if this thing doesn't work out, I'm going to be the first police chief in history to be lynched and you two are going to be right along side.
- [last lines]
- Whispering Smith: I knew there'd never be any question about George's past again. He'd more than lived it down. He'd proved it by living up tohis job on the force. It sure pays to have a little faith in a man - especially when he's your friend.