Crime Thriller Films

"[to Older Joe] This is my life now. I earned it. You had yours already. So why don't you do what old men do and die?"

"Brent Briscoe - Bum / The Stranger / Visitor"

"Matthew Maher - Deputy Jeff Plummer"

"Bill Pullman - Billy Boy Walker"

"Liam Aiken - Johnnie Pappas"

"Tom Bower - Sheriff Bob Maples"

"Elias Koteas - Joe Rothman"

"Jay R. Ferguson - Elmer Conway"

"Simon Baker - Howard Hendricks"

"Casey Affleck - Deputy Lou Ford"

"Kate Hudson - Amy Stanton"

"A weed is a plant out of place. I find a hollyhock in my cornfield, and it's a weed. I find it in my yard, and it's a flower. You're in my yard."

"Jessica Alba - Joyce Lakeland"

"Striking at people that way is almost as good as the other, the real way. The way I'd fought to forget—and had almost forgot—until I met her."

"Ned Beatty - Chester Conway"

"It's always lightest just before the dark."

"Sharon Acker - Lynne"

"James B. Sikking - Hired Gun"

"John Vernon - Mal Reese"

"[voiceover] Out here you say yes ma'am an no ma'am to anything with a skirt on. Out here if you catch a man with his pants down you apologize, even if you have to arrest him afterwards. Out here you're a man and a gentleman or you aren't anything at all. And god help you if you're not."

"Carroll O'Connor - Brewster"

"Lloyd Bochner - Frederick Carter"

"I got a foot on both sides of the fence. They were put there early, and they stayed put. I can't move. I can't jump. All I can do is wait until I split, right down the middle."

"Michael Strong - Stegman"

"Frederick Carter: I said nobody was supposed to go up there! He could have done without a girl for one night."

"Lee Marvin - Walker"

"Brewster: Let me tell you something about corporations, Walker. This is a corporation. I'm an officer in a corporation. We deal in millions. We never see cash! I got about eleven dollars in my pocket."

"Angie Dickinson - Chris"

"Keenan Wynn - Yost"

"Nothing relieves tension like a good spanking!"

"[to Walker after he has handed her the stack of cash intended for her sister] You died at Alcatraz, all right. Goodbye, Walker."

"Henry Gibson - Dr. Verringer"

"David Arkin - Harry"

"Mark Rydell - Marty Augustine"

"Arnold Schwarzenegger - Augustine's Henchman (uncredited)"

"Nina Van Pallandt - Eileen Wade"

"Jim Bouton - Terry Lennox"

"David Carradine - Socrates (uncredited)"

"Sterling Hayden - Roger Wade"

"[on Dr. Verringer to party guests as Verrigner stands before him] You know, this son of a bitch - let me tell you one thing about this bastard. He is the epitome of what's wrong - with this world - he really is actually, 'cause he pretends to cure people. Can you cure people?"

"Nothing says goodbye like a bullet."

"[to Joanne] Look at that face. Is that a face for a magazine cover? The profile. You're beautiful, and I love you. I sleep with a lot of women; I make love to you. The single most important person in my life, next to my family. Is that right, Pepe? Huh? [smashes a coke bottle on her face] Get her out of here! [to Marlowe] Now, that's someone I love! And you I don't even like! You got an assignment, cheapie: find my money!"

"I have two friends in the world. One is a cat. The other is a murderer."

"John Crawford - Tom Iverson"

"Elliott Gould - Philip Marlowe"

"Cell. Prison Cell. How did I get here?"

"Janet Ward - Arlene Iverson"

"Melanie Griffith - Delly Grastner"

"James Woods - Quentin"

"Susan Clark - Ellen Moseby"