- Himself - Manley P. Hall - Opening Narrator: Now the twelfth sign of the Zodiac, Pisces, governs from 20th February to 20th March. Those who are born under it do most of their thinking sitting down because their feet hurt. But in the end, much of the world's greatest progress is accomplished by Piscean people who are mystic, creative and idealistic in their natures.
- Himself - Manley P. Hall - Opening Narrator: A crime has been committed. Astrology can solve crime. It has solved many crimes in the past.
- Himself - Manley P. Hall - Opening Narrator: Those born under the sign of Cancer the crab, ruling from June 20 to July 20, are born with strong family attachments, considerable vanity, and a sensitive, high-strung temperament. It is interesting to note that the United States of America came into existence under the sign of Cancer the crab.
- Himself - Manley P. Hall - Opening Narrator: Astrology is the strangest of the sciences. But it is - a science.
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- Himself - Manley P. Hall - Opening Narrator: If you are a skeptic in matters of astrology, you will probably ask for concrete proof that astrological predictions have actually been made. These old books are the proof of such predictions. In the first place, we have dear old Mother Shipton. She was not very handsome. One of the greatest seers of all times. Living 1450 AD, she actually predicted the discovery of America, the discovery of gold in California, the invention of airplanes and submarines, the inventions of automobiles. She even went so far as to say that the time would come in the distant future - when women would cut their hair and wear trousers.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): You're too fond of certain things.
- Nita Kenton (Cancer): Aw, everybody has a drink now and then.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): Only drink?
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): You're inclined to nag and find fault. What a pity your appreciation of beauty is directed entirely towards the - sensual.
- Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra): I'm afraid your character analysis is merely intended to be insulting.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): Well, nothing personal, I assure you.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): You've used your wealth to hurt many people.
- Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra): That's modern business.
- Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra): That's what money's for, Miss Ming, to be spent, and I'm going spend mine, just as I please. Always.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): Always is a rather unfortunate word, Mr. Corey.
- Sergeant Kelly (Pisces): I'll find him all right and you can sit on this egg while I'm doin' it. Sit down, mug.
- Shields, Corey's Valet (Virgo): Shall I lay out your evening clothes, sir, or are you staying in?
- Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra): In.
- Shields, Corey's Valet (Virgo): Will there be anything else, sir?
- Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra): Make yourself scarce. Go to a movie.
- Shields, Corey's Valet (Virgo): Did you say to a movie, sir?
- Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra): You watch the cable cars, if you like, so long as you go.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): Put your house in order. Forty-eight hours is all the time the stars allow.
- Shields, Corey's Valet (Virgo): Well, maybe I can go to Hollywood and find some more considerate Stars.
- Dr. Merton (Capricorn): Fingerprints of several people, including at least two women - here, there, and all over the place.
- Inspector Jim C. Gregg (Taurus): This is Miss Ming, Doc. She's going to help us out on the Oriental angle.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): You have the thick build and the stocky neck of the bull.
- Inspector Jim C. Gregg (Taurus): I am an officer, Miss Ming, and I don't like to be called a bull or a cop.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): I don't mean it that way at all. The bull is the symbol of the sign of Taurus.
- Peter Finlay (Sagittarius): What is she? A psychopathic case?
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): No. I'm an astrologer.
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- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): There's an old Chinese proverb: The fisherman does not bait his hook to feed the fish.
- Sergeant Kelly (Pisces): I get it. They bait their hooks to catch the fish.
- Mei Lei Ming (Aquarius): You should be more careful. You Virgo people have Neptune in your Sun sign now.