"Lt. Al Bressler: Just go where you're told, do what you're told, play it straight down the line ... Nothing cute, nothing fancy. Just pay the ransom money and report back here."

"Mayor: The City of San Francisco does not pay criminals not to commit crimes. Instead, we pay a police department."

"[last word to Callahan as he threatens to kill a young boy fishing] Drop the gun, creep! I'll blow his brains out! [chuckles evilly] Drop the fucking gun!"

"[in a note] To the City of San Francisco — You have double-crossed me for the last time. I'm warning you to have my $200,000 dollars and a jet airplane ready and waiting. I will call the Mayor's Office at one o'clock and tell you about the hostages who I will be happy to kill if you don't do exactly what I say. Scorpio."

"[to a school bus driver] Hear me, you old hag, I'm telling you to drive or I'll decorate this bus with your brains."

"[in the hospital, with a battered face] They tried to frame me with the Deacon girl murder, and now they're trying to murder me — and look at me, just look at me. I'm supposed to be innocent until proven guilty and just look at what they did to me. Everywhere I go, cops follow me — and just look at me."

"[to Callahan] No, don't pass out on me now cop! No, no, no, no, no, not yet, not yet, don't pass out on me yet you rotten oinker! Do we understand each other? I said do we understand each other? (Harry nods) Okay, now listen up cop, I changed my mind. I'm going to let her die, I just wanted you to know that. You hear me? I just wanted you to know that before I killed you![laughs crazily] Goodbye, Callahan!"

"[to Callahan] Left hand. Let's see the gun.[Harry pulls out his .44 Magnum] My! That's a big one."

"[to Callahan, on the phone] If I even think you're being followed, the girl dies. If you talk to anyone, I don't care if it's a Pekinese pissing against a lamppost, the girl dies ... No car. I give you a certain amount of time to go from phone booth to phone booth. I ring four times. You don't answer by the fourth ring, I hang up and that's the end of the game. The girl dies ... Cop! ... I hope you're not stupid."

"[in a letter] The double-crossing San Francisco police made me do this. Now ransom $200,000 in used 10s and 20s. One man with yellow bag, south side, Marina Green, East Harbor, 9 p.m., she has oxygen until 3 a.m. tomorrow morning, red panties and bra, nice tits, mole on left thigh. Anything cute and you'll force me to let girl die of slow suffocation. Scorpio"

"[in note to the mayor] To the City of San Francisco, I will enjoy killing one person every day until you pay me one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). If you agree say so tomorrow morning in Personal Column San Francisco Chronicle and I will set up meeting. If I do not hear from you it will be my next pleasure to kill a Catholic priest or a nigger. Scorpio"

"No wonder they call him Dirty Harry. Always get the shit-end of the stick."

"Now you know why they call me "Dirty Harry". I get every dirty job that comes along."

"[to Gonzalez] Sociology? Oh, you'll go far — that's if you live ... Just don't let your college degree get you killed 'cause I'm liable to get killed along with ya."

"You gotta be kidding. I don't got any time to break in any newcomers. Why don't you do this boy a favor ... if I need a partner, I'll get me someone who knows what the hell he's doin'."

"Lois Smith - William Foster's mother"

"Dedee Pfeiffer - Sheila Folsom"

"Brent Hinkley - Rick"

"Karina Arroyave - Angie"

"Steve Park - Detective Brian"

"D. W. Moffett - Det. Lydecker"

"Raymond J. Barry - Capt. William Yardley"

"Michael Paul Chan - Mr. Lee, the convenience store owner"

"Joey Hope Singer - Adele Foster-Tavino"

"Frederic Forrest - Nick, the army surplus store owner"

"Tuesday Weld - Amanda Prendergast"

"Rachel Ticotin - Det. Sandra Torres"

"Barbara Hershey - Elizabeth Tavino"

"Robert Duvall - Sgt. Martin Prendergast"