Charlie How-Come: You don't get the idea, mister. These cops banging those pans, flashing those lights, they're gonna scare that poor cat of mine. Cats are funny, mister. They don't want to hurt you, but if you scare them they go crazy. These cops, they don't know what they're doing.

- Abner Biberman in The Leopard Man (1943)

Jerry Manning: I thought you'd might like to strut the kitten right in the middle of her act.

- Dennis O'Keefe in The Leopard Man (1943)