There are good cops and there are bad cops – and then there’s Bullitt. Bullitt 1968 starring Steve McQueen & Robert Vaughn & Jacqueline Bisset & Don Gordon & Simon Oakland & Norman Fell & Robert Duvall & Georg Stanford Brown, director Peter Yates, tagline
I have a witness who needs protection. ibid. Bullitt
It costs money to have a soul. ibid.
You work your side of the street and I’ll work mine. ibid. Bullitt to politician
I thought I knew you. But I’m not so sure any more. Do you let anything reach you? I mean, really reach you. Or are you so used to it by now that nothing really touches you. You’re living in a sewer, Frank. Day after day ... Living with violence and death. How can you be part of it without becoming more and more callous? Your world is so far from the one I know. What will happen to us in time? ibid. her to him
Oh look that’s terrible … Every time I see one of those old guys I, I always think the same thing: I always think that he was once somebody’s baby boy ... half dead on a park bench. The Conversation 1974 starring Gene Hackman & John Cazale & Allen Garfield & Cindy Williams & Frederic Forrest & Harrison Ford & Michael Higgins & Elizabeth MacRae & Teri Garr & Mark Wheeler & Robert Shields et al, director Francis Ford Coppola
Don’t get involved with this, Mr Caul. These tapes are dangerous … Someone may get hurt. ibid. Harrison Ford
Some guy’s following me. I don’t know. It has something to do with the assignment last week. ibid.
Pimp and a whore. No Good Deed 2003 starring Samuel L Jackson & Milla Jovovich & Stellan Skarsgard & Doug Hutchison & Joss Ackland & Grace Zabriskie & Jonathan Higgins & Shannon Lawson & Robert Welch et al, director Bob Rafelson, him to her
You defective little prick. ibid. Granny to kid
Vincent Lubeck is a hoodlum. A habitual criminal. It is my opinion he be denied parole. The Hoodlum 1951 starring Lawrence Tierney & Allene Roberts & Marjorie Riordan & Lisa Golm & Edward Tierney & Stuart Randall & Angela Stevens & John de Simone & Tom Hubbard & Eddie Foster et al, director Max Nosseck, parole board
The hoodlum is our public enemy number one. ibid.
Dough. That’s the only thing that’ll cover up the stink of the city dump. ibid. Vincent
I’ve got a dame on my mind and she’s dead. That’s plenty for me. Lady of Deceit 1947 aka Born to Kill starring Claire Trevor & Lawrence Tierney & & Walter Slezak & Phillip Terry & Audrey Long & Elisha Cook & Isabel Jewell & Esther Howard et al, director Robert Wise, Sam
Without him, I’m afraid of the things I’ll do. ibid. her to him
Perhaps you don’t realise it’s painful being killed: a piece of metal sliding into your body finding its way into your heart, or a bullet tearing through your skin crashing into a bone; it takes a while to die too, sometimes a long while. ibid. her to drunken lady
That’s the trouble with this business: you never know who is working for who. War 2007 starring Jet Li and Jason Statham & Terry Chen & John Lone & Matthew St Patrick & Sung Kang & Luis Gurzman & Devon Aoki et al, director Philip G Atwell, Statham to Li
Heroin, Mr Tibbs. Scag. Smack. About four million dollars’ worth wholesale. The Organization 1971 starring Sidney Poitier & Barbara McNair & Gerald S O’Loughlin & Sheree North & Fred Beir & Raul Julia & James A Watson junior et al, director Don Medford, gangsta
This is a .44 magnum. The most powerful handgun in the world. And it could blow your head clean off. Do you feel lucky? Magnum Force 1973 starring Clint Eastwood & Hal Holbrook & Mitch Ryan & David Soul & Felton Perry & Robert Urich & Kip Niven & John Mitchum & Margaret Avery & Bob McClurg et al, director Ted Post, opening remarks
Opinions are like arseholes – everybody has one. The Dead Pool 1988 starring Clint Eastwood & Liam Neeson & Patricia Clarkson & Evan C Kim & David Hunt & Michael Currie & Michael Goodwin & Jim Carrey & Ronnie Claire Edwards et al, director Buddy van Horn, Callaghan
A bizarre game which they called the Dead Pool ... for each player to pick eight Bay Area celebrities who might die presumably of natural causes by a predetermined date. ibid. television news
We got a situation here. Ticker 2001 starring Tom Sizemore & Dennis Hopper & Steven Seagal & Ice-T & Nas & Jaime Pressly & Kevin Gage & Peter Greene & Norbert Weisser et al, director Albert Pyun
These various Tongs were almost constantly at war. So the office of Hatchet Man was one of special importance. The Hatchet Man 1936 starring Edward G Robinson & Loretta Young & Dudley Digges & Leslie Fenton & Edmund Breese & Tully Marshall & J Carrol Naish & Charles Middleton et al, director William A Wellman, opening caption
Tonight you will be bearer of a greeting that must not miss. ibid. Tong leader to Robinson
Love is as useless as wings on a cat. ibid. visitor to shop
There is an old Chinese proverb which says that one must think right and think left. ibid. Robinson
Alexis Neirs & Nick Prugo: They were members of a burglary ring. The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist I: The Fame Game, news, Channel 4 2022
I was raised to never steal … but with Rachel [Lee] I had never known a friendship like that. It gave me that confidence. And I didn’t want to give that up. ibid. Nick
That’s when we got the idea to rob Paris [Hilton]. ibid.
The movie doesn’t really capture how much adrenalin was pumping through our bodies. ibid.
We’re doing Paris Hilton’s coke. ibid.
We have to stop looking at the victims as being responsible. The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist II: Fame, Fortune & Felony, rozzer investigates gang
The real-life story of a gang of teenagers whose obsession with celebrity led to a headline-making burglary spree. The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist III: Fame & Misfortune
The most dangerous biker in America – the Hell’s Angels. Ruled by a ruthless president, Sonny Barger’s Hell’s Angels creates the bloodstained blueprint for all outlaw bikers clubs that follow. Gangland Chronicles s1e4: Hell’s Angels, History 2025
One fateful weekend when the Hell’s Angeles are caught in the national spotlight – Altamont Free Concert, 1969. ibid.
1979 Rico case: The Hell’s Angels enter into a new criminal era. ibid.
By the late 1970s the Oakland meth operation is raking in $160,000 a day in street sales. ibid.
The Mongols Motorcycle Club. Here are three stories that forge the reputation of this vicious gang. First, the Mongols wage a brutal war over California with the Hell’s Angels. Next, an ATF agent risks his life to infiltrate the gang and bring it down. And finally, years of bad blood with their oldest rivals reaches a boiling point inside a crowded casino. Gangland Chronicles s1e5: The Mongols MC
‘They kept books that showed their criminal activities.’ ibid. undercover rozzr
May 19th 2000: Shortly after dawn, 700 agents raid locations across Southern California. ibid.
The deadliest prison gang in America, the Aryan Brotherhood. From its beginnings in the California prison system in the early 1960s to jails all over the country today, here are three stories that build the Brotherhood’s terrifying reputation. First, one of its most feared members takes on the national leader of a rival gang. Next, the Brotherhood breaks its own code and takes revenge on one of their former members. Finally, the gang’s leadership uses a secret message to launch an attack on their biggest rival. Gangland Chronicles s1e8: The Aryan Brotherhood
The notorious street gang MS-13. From its humble roots in the barios of LA to its transformation into the most dangerous street gang in the Western hemisphere, here are three strories from inside MS-13’s brutal war. First, MS-13 attempts a violent takeover of the United States but there’s a mole in their ranks. Then, MS-13 kills a former member hiding in the witness protection program. And finally, the gang goes head-to-head with a federal task force determined to end their reign of terror. Gangland Chronicles s1e9: MS-13
Chucky and the senior leaders are arrested. ibid.
‘We declared war on MS-13.’ ibid. rozzer
Approximately 10,000 in the US. ibid.
One of the most ferocious street gangs in Los Angeles, the Bloods. From their start as defined underdogs to becoming a powerful violence force in South Central. Here are three stories that established the brutal reputation of the Bloods. First, a turf war between the Bloods and their arch-enemy takes over the city of Los Angeles. Next, when two iconic rappers are assassinated the war between the Bloods and Crips goes national. And last, a murder spree catapults the Bloods to the top of LA’s Most Wanted List. Gangland Chronicles s1e10: The Bloods
The biggest and most ruthless street gang in Los Angeles: the Rollin’ 60s Neighbourhood Crips. Here are 3 stories that track how the Rollin’ 60s go from terrorising one neighbourhood to all of Los Angeles. First, their brutality is established on their local turf with a cold-blooded contract hit. Then their violent reputation spreads across the city with the death of an innocent bystander, turning the gang into the LAPD’s Public Enemy Number One. And finally, the Rolling 60s attract the attention of the FBI. Gangland Chronicles s1e11: The Crips