- [talking about suspects' alibis]
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: D'you know where Toerag Smith said he was? "Seeking spiritual guidance"! He was with some hippy slag in Leicester.
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: Lucky Toerag!
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: You'll end up in an oxygen tent!
- [Daniels walks into the office carrying a package]
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Oi, what you got under yer arm?
- DS Tom Daniels: Hairs, Guvnor. What you got under yours?
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Comedian!
- [Carter and his driver, Stan, walk into the office, dejected because they were tailing Mrs Labbett, but have lost her]
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Oh, here they come - Handsome and Gristle!
- [Vic Labbett has escaped. Daniels and his men are standing around aimlessly instead of giving chase]
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Where the hell is he?
- DS Tom Daniels: I think he went over there, Guv.
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Well, what are you doing standing around looking like a motorway breakfast? Get going!
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: [to Carter] I'd have done better with half-a-dozen old-age pensioners!
- Sterndale: Sherry?
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: No thank you, Sir. I'm on duty.
- Sterndale: I seem to remember that you were a whisky drinker.
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: A little water, no ice, thank you.
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: I felt sorry for her
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: She wouldn't have thought twice about spending the money if we hadn't have nicked him
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: I dunno
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: You just wanted to squeeze her toothpaste
- Sterndale: It's been a long time Inspector Regan. Er, it is still inspector?
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: I don't play golf.
- Det. Insp. Jack Regan: [shouting at his team who have lost Labbett] What are you doing standing around looking like a motorway breakfast? Get going
- Stephen Vane: You try and out-think Vic Labbett and you're gonna end up with a chalk-line round you.
- Kay Nolan: [to Regan, after hearing him say that he is going to tell Mrs Labbett about her and Vic] Vic was right. You are a bastard.
- Ron Brett: [to Regan, after a car chase across a muddy airfield which ends with a pursuit car ramming his car] Hope you're bloody insured!
- Det. Sgt. George Carter: [to his driver, Stan, after both being outsmarted by Mrs Labbett whilst tailing her] If you lose her, Stanley, you'll be back mending punctures!