Don’t never look away. ibid. Priest’s dying words to son
New York City 1946: Hellgate House Of Reform. ibid. sign
New York was a city full of tribes. War chiefs. Rich and poor. It wasn’t a city really. More a furnace. ibid. commentary
There were thirty-seven amateur fire brigades. And they all fought each other. ibid.
All of us together we ain’t got a gang: we got an army. ibid. Amsterdam to others
The city was split in half; from all over New York they came. ibid. commentary
I was about my father’s business. ibid.
It was like everything we knew was mightily swept away. ibid.
If I had compassion I’d shove a 357 up your arse and blow your brains out. The Border aka Border Cop 1980 starring Telly Savalas & Danny De La Paz & Eddie Albert & Michael V Gazzo & Cecilia Camacho & Robin Clarke & Mary McCusker & Herman Blood et al, director Christopher Leitch
Throwing quarters around like they were manhole covers. Brooklyn Rules 2007 starring Alec Baldwin & Scott Caan & Freddie Prinze junior & Jerry Ferrara & Mena Suvari & Monica Keena & Ty Reed & Benny Salerno et al, director Michael Corrente, first-person commentary
I’m going to have it. Topkapi 1964 starring Peter Ustinov & Melina Mercouri & Maximilian Schell & Robert Morey & Jess Hahn & Akim Tamiroff & Gilles Segal & Titos Vandis & Joe Dassin et al, director Jules Dassin
1) Play meticulously 2) Execute cleanly 3) Don’t get caught before, during or afterwards. ibid. partner
So now let me tell you a few things about the job. The Hot Rock 1972 starring Robert Redford & George Segal & Rob Leibman & Paul Sand & Moses Gunn & Zero Mostel et al, director Peter Yates, Segal to Redford
Australia 1865: vast, empty, lonely – a land the size of Europe, a land where gold was to be found. Robbery Under Arms 1958 starring Peter Finch & Ronald Lewis & Jill Ireland & Laurence Naismith & David McCallum & Maureen Swanson & Vincent Ball et al, director Jack Lee
Guess what? You just brought a gun to a bomb fight, officer! Thirty Minutes or Less 2011 starring Jesse Eisenberg & Danny McBride & Aziz Ansari & Nick Swardson & Dilshad Vadsaria & Bianca Kajlich & Michael Pena & Red Ward et al, director Ruben Fleischer, Nick from trailer
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
Next time those busybodies ask you what I’m striking for you tell them it’s for money coming to me for hard work. Dead End 1937 starring Sylvia Sidney & Joel McCrea & Humphrey Bogart & Wendy Barrie & Claire Trevor & Allen Jenkins et al, director William Wyler, sister to brother
Just leave us alone. You never brought nothing but trouble. ibid. mother
Nobody wants to hear about skydiving from 747s. Drop Zone 1994 starring Wesley Snipes & Gary Busey & Yancy Butler & Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Kyle Secor & Rex Linn & Corin Nemec & Claire Stansfield & Robert LaSardo et al, director John Badham, rozzer to Snipes
I hate this office. Most of all I hate this desk. The Destructors aka The Marseilles Contract 1974 starring Michael Caine & Anthony Quinn & James Mason & Maurice Ronet & Alexandra Stewart & Maureen Kerwin & Catherin Rouvel & Marcel Bozzuffi et al, director Robert Parrish, Quinn to secretary
The contract – it’s me. ibid. Caine to Quinn
Course now and then we run across a tough nut to crack. And such a nut was Walter Valentine. Bank Shot 1974 starring George C Scott & Joanna Cassidy & Sorrell Booke & Bob Balaban & Clifton James & G Wood & Bibi Osterwald & Frank McRae et al, director Gower Champion, prison governor’s commentary
What you got to show for it? Eight bodies, one dead informant ... Code of Silence 1985 starring Chuck Norris & Henry Silva & Bert Remsen & Mike Genovese & Nathan Davis & Ralph Foody & Molly Hagen & Ron Dean & Joseph F Kosala et al, director Andrew Davis, boss rozzer
You bastard. You had to kill that guard, didn’t you? Circus of Fear 1966 starring Leo Glenn & Christopher Lee & Anthony Newlands & Eddi Arent & Klaus Kinski & Maurice Kaufmann & Heinz Drache & Cecil Parker & Lawrence James et al, director John Moxey, opening scene
A pack of dogs trying to get at my throat. The Whip Hand 1951 starring Carla Balenda & Elliott Reid & Edgar Barrier & Raymond Burr & Otto Waldis & Michael Steele & Lurene Tuttle & Peter Brocco et al, director William Menzies, him to her
What do we do about this coat? Who is this fellow Collins? Man From Tangier 1957 starring Robert Hutton & Lisa Gastoni & Martin Benson & Leonard Sachs & Derek Sydney & Robert Shaw & Robert Raglan & Jack Allen et al, director Lance Comfort
The world in general seems to be in a complete mess. ibid. her to him
Passport Racketeers. ibid. Daily Star headline
He came around asking for Rosy. She told him to stay away. I told him again. He got tough so I laid a couple on him. Railroaded! 1947 starring Jane Randolph & John Ireland & Shiela Ryan & Hugh Beaumont & Clancy Cooper & Roy Gordon et al, director Anthony Mann, accused
Pepe le Moko lives in the Casbah ... like a crawling anthill, a jungle of houses, a labyrinth of narrow passages and winding alleys rotten with vermin and decay and the filth of centuries. Algiers 1937 starring Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr & Sigrid Gurie & Joseph Calleia & Alan Hale & Gene Lockhart & Walter Kingsford & Paul Harvey & Stanley Fields et al, director John Cromwell, rozzer
I’m caught in a bird-cage. The Juror 1996 starring Demi Moore & Alec Baldwin & James Gandolfini & Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Lindsay Crouse & Anne Heche & Tony Lo Bianco & Michael Rispoli et al, director Brian Gibson, gangsta to her
All you have to do is wait. That’s all. And then somebody is going to contact you to say two words ... Not Guilty. ibid.
Forty million bucks. The Delta Factor 1970 starring Christopher George & Yvette Mimieux & Diane McBain & Ralph Taeger & Yvonne De Carlo, director Tay Garnett, rozzer to Morgan
We want you to bust in. ibid.
You know what, if we sold half as much meth as you use we’d be a whole lot better off. Kill Speed s/a Fast Glass 2010 starring Andrew Keegan & Brandon Quinn & Nick Carter & Natalia Cigliuti & Reno Wilson & Greg Grunberg & Christian Monzon & Graham Norris & Tom Arnold et al, director Kim Bass
We’ve got three schools ... and all three have a drug problem. Under Cover 1987 starring Jennifer Jason Leigh & David Neidorf & Barry Corbin & David Denney et al, director John Stockwell, black schoolteacher
I’m a point man. I set up drops and meet the shipments. Bulletproof 1996 starring Damon Wayans & Adam Sandler & James Caan & Kristen Wilson & Jeep Swenson & James Farentino & Bill Nunn & Allen Covert & Larry McCoy et al, director Ernest R Dickerson
You’ve been erased. You don’t exist. You’re a ghost. But you’ll be safe. Fire with Fire 2012 starring Josh Duhamel & Rosario Dawson & Bruce Willis & Vinnie Jones & Vincent D’Onofrio & 50 Cent & Richard Schiff & Quinton Jackson et al, director David Barrett, rozzer
It don’t get much better than this, folks. In the Line of Duty: Mob Justice 1991 starring Samuel L Jackson & Tony Danza & Ted Levine & Dan Lauria & Nicholas Tuturro et al, director Peter Markle, Jackson in car
When did anyone ever accuse me of being sane? Marked For Death 1991 starring Steven Seagal & Keith David & Tom Wright & Joanna Pacula & Basil Wallace & Elizabeth Gracen & Danielle Harris & Al Israel & Michael Ralph et al, director Dwight H Little
I promise you, you is a dead man walking. ibid. Jamaican gangsta
Like Los Angeles, New York & Washington, small town America now has blood on the streets ... Jamaican gangs, known as posses, are now dominating the American drug trade with more than ten thousand members trafficking drugs in twenty states. ibid.
Warriors, conquerors, respect. Let no man depart from the path I have prepared. ibid. Jamaican gang leader to gang
I’m going to take out the posse. ibid. Seagal
It’s cruising night, man, on South Beach. Smoke n Lightnin’ 1995 starring Christopher Atkins & Kristoffer Ryan Winters & Sabryn Genet & Catherine Nagan & Rand McClain & Alfie Wise & Michael Linstroth et al, director Mike Kirton, dude to dude
It says here there are 2,300 Americans reported missing every day. Abduction 2011 starring Taylor Lautner & Lily Collins & Alfred Molina & Jason Isaacs & Maria Bello & Sigourney Weaver & Michael Nyqvist & Dermot Mulroney & Nickola Shreli et al, director John Singleton, her to him
I was still haunted by the memory. High Tide 1979 starring Ian McShane & Wendy Morgan & Terence Rigby & Malcolm Terris & Anna Fox & Anne Havard & Patrick Field et al, director Colin Bucksey, commentary
She was terrified of me. She had to know. ibid.
They’ve got quite an organisation ... They’re dangerous. They’re not going to let you out of their sight. ibid. her to him
Nobody knows the bad guys like you do. Into the Sun 2005 starring Steven Seagal & Matthew Davis & Takao Osawa & Eddie George & William Atherton & Juliette Marquis & Ken Lo & Akira Terao et al, director Christopher Morrison, boss
I was born in Palermo, Sicily. Came to this country when I was seven. We emigrated to Chicago. Nico 1988 aka Above the Law starring Steven Seagal & Sharon Stone & Pam Grier & Henry Silva & Ron Dean & Chelcie Ross & Michael Rooker et al, director Andrew Davis