1930: Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a city at war. Rival gangs compete for control of the city's billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and the Tommy gun. It is the time of the Ganglords. It is the time of Al Capone. The Untouchables 1987 starring Kevin Costner & Charles Martin Smith & Sean Connery & Andy Garcia & Patricia Clarkson & Richard Bradford & Jack Kehoe & Robert De Niro et al, director Brian De Palma, opening caption
I’m responding to the will of the people ... I’m a businessman. ibid. Al Capone
This town stinks like a whore-house at low tide. ibid. Connery
You got nothing. Nothing. ibid. Capone to Ness
Somebody messes with me, I’m gonna mess with him. ibid. Capone
We all know who you are, Miss Guerin. That does not grant you immunity. Veronica Guerin 2003 starring Cate Blanchard & Gerard McSorley & Ciaran Hinds & Brenda Flicker & Don Wycherley & Barry Barnes & Simon O’Driscoll & Emmet Bergin & Charlotte Bradley & Mark Lambert et al, director Joel Schumacher, judge
In 1994 illegal drug trade drove crime rates to the highest level ever recorded in Ireland. 15,000 people injected heroin every day and methadone clinics registered addicts as young as 14. That year Veronica Guerin, a journalist known for reporting church scandals and corporate corruption, started writing about crime. ibid. caption
In other words we want you to turn him. Legacy 2013 starring Charlie Cox & Romola Garai & Simon Russell Beale & Geraldine James & Christian McKay & Olivia Grant & Richard McCabe & Andrew Scott & Tessa Peake-Jones & Robert Ashby & Charlotte Randle & Barrie Martin et al, director Peter Travis, Soviet section boss to trainee
He told me that since the war my father had been a KGB spy. His codename was Builder. ibid. trainee to boss
It is always the family that suffers. ibid. Russian spy
During all those years when they thought he was working solely for them he was working for us. As a double agent. ibid. boss to trainee
Standard program of denial recommended. The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 starring Sean Penn & Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn & Pat Hingle & Joyce van Patten & Rob Reed & Richard Dysart & David Suchet & Chris Makepeace et al, director John Schlesinger, teletext
I had no idea of the extent of the lie, the level of deception. Australia is not the only one of our allies being deceived. ibid. Boyce
They’re just as dangerous and paranoid as we are. ibid. Boyce
A very serious breach in the security of the United States. The arrest of Robert Hanssen for espionage should remind us all, every American should know, that our nation, our free society, is an international target in a dangerous world. Breach 2007 starring Ryan Phillippe & Chris Cooper & Laura Linney & Caroline Dhavernas & Dennis Haysbert & Gary Cole & Kathleen Quinlan & Bruce Davison & Jonathan Potts et al, director Billy Ray, John Ashcroft 2001
You know what’s going on behind that door? Analyst looking for a spy inside the intelligence community. ibid. boss
Why did they [communists] fail? Godlessness. Atheism. ibid. boss
This is the worst breach in the history of US Intelligence. ibid.
Robert Hanssen is now serving a life sentence … In 22 years of espionage, Hanssen betrayed at least 50 human sources. ibid.
Gold itself ain’t good for nothing except making jewellery with and gold teeth. The Treasure of Sierra Madre 1948 starring Humphrey Bogart & Walter Huston & Tim Holt & Bruce Bennett & Barton MacLane & Alfonso Bedoya & Arturo Soto Rangel & Manuel Donde & Jose Torvay et al, director John Huston, old geezer in doss house
Never knew a prospector yet who died rich. ibid.
Your entire education comes from Classic Car magazine. And you dress like you’re on a condom run for the Mob. Ripley’s Game 2002 starring John Malkovich & Dougray Scott & Ray Winstone & Lena Headey & Chiara Caselli & Sam Blitz & Paolo Paoloni & Lutz Winde et al, director Liliana Cavani, opening scene
You take him out and decent people will call you a fucking saint. ibid. Reeves
This ain’t a game. This is my fucking livelihood. ibid.
I’m a creation. I’m a gifted improviser. I lack your conscience. ibid. Ripley
My agenda is to kick ass and secure the bounty. Domino 2005 starring Keira Knightly & Mickey Rourke & Edgar Ramirez & Riz Abbasi & Delroy Lindo & Mo’Nique & Dabney Coleman & Lucy Liu & Macy Gray & Jacqueline Bisset & Christopher Walken & Mena Suvari & Tom Waits & Jerry Springer et al, director Tony Scott
It’s because of everything you can’t get a kiss. Harsh Times 2005 starring Christian Bale & Freddy Rodriguez & Eva Longoria & Tammy Trull & Terry Crews & Samantha Esteban & Tania Verafield & Noel Gugliemi & Chaka Forman & Adriana Millan et al, director David Ayer, her to him
Are you going to be happy once he’s dead? ibid. bird of sidekick to Bale
Cherry Hill: and there they built a prison modelled on the lines of a medieval fortress: its grim walls have stood since 1821, and within them many men have paid the price of crime. Outside the Wall 1950 starring Richard Basehart & Marilyn Maxwell & Signe Hasso & Dorothy Hart & Joseph Pevney & Lloyd Gough & Harry Morgan & John Hoyt, director Crane Wilbur, opening remarks
There ain’t nothing in all the world like a dame. ibid. bloke in hospital
You look lost; so am I. ibid. broad to Larry in bar
You look so lonesome; so am I. ibid. nurse
You don’t know what’s it’s like inside: I used to be afraid of freedom; now I can’t do without it. ibid.
After it’s all over and we’re safe it’s be just you and me, you and me, the way it should have been all along from the start. Criss Cross 1949 starring Burt Lancaster & Yvonne de Carlo & Dan Duryea & Stephen McNally & Esy Morales & Tom Pedi & Percy Helton & Alan Napier & Griff Barnett & Meg Randall & Richard Long et al, director Robert Siodmak, her to him opening scene
I’m Baxter Grant. And this is my apartment. Now where’s my wife? Subway in the Sky 1959 starring Van Johnson & Hildegarde Knef & Albert Lieven & Cec Linder & Katherine Kath & Vivian Matalon & Carl Jaffe & Michael Bell & James Maxwell et al, director Muriel Box, him to her
I’m in trouble. Big trouble. ibid.
And now I’m stuck again. Only this time the subway is in the sky. ibid.
A thousand years ago a clan of weavers formed a secret society of assassins. They silently carried out executions to restore order to a world on the brink of chaos. They call themselves the Fraternity. Wanted 2008 starring Angelina Jolie & James McAvoy & Morgan Freeman & Thomas Kretschmann & Konstantin Khabensky & Marc Warren & Terence Stamp & Chris Pratt & Kristen Hager, director Timur Bekmambetov, opening caption
Welcome to the Fraternity. ibid. Sloan