"You know I had my horoscope done before I flew out to Hong Kong. And it said that I was going to cross over water and meet the biggest person in my life."

"I'm Dwan. D-W-A-N, Dwan. That's my name. You know, like Dawn, except that I switched two letters to make it more memorable."

"There is a girl out there who might be running for her life from some gigantic turned-on ape."

"[First lines] The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths, in particular Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."

"[to Sally] Why, my old grandpa was the best killer there was at the slaughterhouse. Why, it never took more than one lick they say. Why, he did 60 cattle in five minutes once. They say he could have done more if the hook and pull gang could have gotten the beeves out of the way faster."

"John Larroquette — Narrator"

"Teri McMinn — Pam"

"Jim Siedow — Old Man"

"Paul A. Partain — Franklin Hardesty"

"Allen Danziger — Jerry"

"Edwin Neal — Hitchhiker"

"Gunnar Hansen — Leatherface"

"Marilyn Burns — Sally Hardesty"

"America's Most Bizarre and Brutal Crimes!"

"Once you stop screaming, then you'll start talking about it."

"What happened is true. Now the motion picture that's just as real."

"Can you survive... It happened."

"Who will survive and what will be left of them?"

"That's the last goddamn hitchhiker I ever pick up."

"[about Leatherface damaging the door with his chain saw] Look what your brother did to the door! Ain't he got no pride in his home?"

"[voice-over] Graverobbing in Texas is this hour's top news story. An informant led officers of the Muerto County Sheriff's Department to a cemetery just outside the small rural Texas community of Newt early this morning. Officers there discovered what appeared to be a grisly work of art: the remains of a badly decomposed corpse wired to a large monument. A second body was found in a ditch near the perimeter of the cemetery. Subsequent investigation has revealed at least a dozen empty crypts, and it's feared more will turn up as the probe continues. Deputies report that in some instances only parts of a corpse have been removed, the head or in some cases the extremities removed, the remainder of the corpse left intact. Evidence indicates the robberies have occurred over a period of time. Sheriff Jesús Maldonado refused to give details in the ghoulish case, and said only that he did have evidence linking the crime to elements outside the state. Area residents have reportedly been converging on the cemetery, fearing the remains of relatives have been removed. No suspects are in custody as the investigation at the scene continues."

"[to the captive Sally in his truck] Sorry to keep you waiting, young lady. I had to lock up the shop and turn the lights off. The cost of electricity these days is enough to drive a man like me out of business."

"Christopher Lee – Martin Wallace"

"Robert Wagner – Dan Bigelow"

"Robert Vaughn – Senator Gary Parker"

"O. J. Simpson – Harry Jernigan"

"Jennifer Jones – Lisolette Mueller"

"Richard Chamberlain – Roger Simmons"

"Susan Blakely – Patty Duncan Simmons"

"Fred Astaire – Harlee Claiborne"

"Faye Dunaway – Susan Franklin"

"William Holden – James Duncan"

"Paul Newman – Doug Roberts"

"Steve McQueen – Fire Chief Michael O'Halloran"

"The world's tallest building is on fire. You are there on the 135th floor... no way down... no way out."

"You are there on the 135th floor, no way down, no way out."

"One minute you're attending a party atop the world's tallest skyscraper. The next... you're trapped with 294 other guests in the middle of a fiery hell."

"“The Towering Inferno” Is Not Just The Story Of The World' Tallest Building In Flames, It's The Story Of People..."

"The tallest building in the world is on fire. You are there with 294 other guests... There's no way down. There's no way out."