18 quotes found
"No sense being a grifter if it's the same as bein' a citizen."
"[enters the poker game pretending to be drunk] Sorry I'm late, guys, I was takin' a crap."
"You see that fella in the red sweater over there? His name's Donnie McCoy. Works a few of the protection rackets for Cunnaro when he's waiting for something better to happen. Donnie and I have known each other since we were six. Take a good look at that face, Floyd. Because if he ever finds out I can be beat by one lousy grifter, I'll have to kill him and every other hood who wants to muscle in on my Chicago operation."
"[to Snyder] Sit down and shut up, will ya? Try not to live up to all my expectations."
"Robert Redford — Johnny "Kelly" Hooker"
"Paul Newman — Henry "Shaw" Gondorff"
"Robert Shaw — Doyle Lonnegan"
"Charles Durning — Lieutenant William Snyder"
"Ray Walston — J.J. Singleton"
"Eileen Brennan — Billie"
"Harold Gould — Kid Twist"
"John Heffernan — Eddie Niles"
"Dana Elcar — FBI Agent Polk"
"Jack Kehoe — Erie Kid"
"Dimitra Arliss — Loretta Salino"
"Robert Earl Jones — Luther Coleman"
"Charles Dierkop — Floyd"
"James J. Sloyan — Mottola"