"All right, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!"

"All right! You put a shiv in my partner. You know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him …"

"There are no rules and no holds barred when Popeye cuts loose!"

"The time is just right for an out and out thriller like this."

"A $32,000,000 chase turns into the American thriller of the year!"

"Doyle is bad news - but a good cop."

"A record too good to be true....and Doyle knows it."

"Gene Hackman - Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle"

"Roy Scheider - Detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo"

"Tony Lo Bianco - Salvatore "Sal" Boca"