I’ll tell you what’s gonna happen – we’re gonna kill the Swede. The Killers 1946 starring Burt Lancaster & Ava Gardner & Edmond O’Brien & Albert Dekker & Sam Levene & Vince Barnett & Virginia Christine & Charles D Brown & Jack Lambert & Donald McBride & Charles McGraw et al, director Robert Siodmak, baddies in diner
It’s big. The biggest caper that’s been pulled around here in years … Payroll. ibid. gang leader
A week has passed since Bandits robbed a mail train coming out of the Sierra tunnel and fled with $300,000 in federal currency, leaving four dead. White Heat 1949 starring James Cagney & Virginia Mayo & Edmond O’Brien & Margaret Wycherly & Steve Cochran & Ford Rainey & John Archer & Wally Cassell & Fred Clark et al, director Raoul Walsh, radio news
Dunno what I’d do without you, Ma. ibid. Cody
He’s still Mr Big – in prison or out. ibid. Mrs Cody
Made it, Ma! Top of the world! ibid. Cody
My name is Isamu Okita. I like fights and girls but not gambling. Street Mobster [Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota] 1972 starring Bunta Sugawara & Noboru Ando & Mayumi Nagisa & Asao Koike & Noboru Mitani & Nobuo Yana & Hideo Murota & Asao Uchida et al, director Kinji Fukasaku
Don’t depend on a gangster. Get what you want with your own hands. ibid. hero
In the end we joined the Yato gang. ibid.
An underdog forgets how to bite the enemy. ibid.
Oh that was a nice picture of your family in the paper. Your boy – he looks a whole lot like you don’t he? Cold in July 2014 starring Michael C Hall & Sam Shepard & Don Johnson & Vinessa Shaw & Nick Damici & Wyatt Russell & Lanny Flaherty & Rachel Zeiger-Haag & Brogan Hall et al, director Jim Mickel, father to killer of intruder
Over the last couple of years your son has been running with the Dixie boys, doing whatever Mafia types do. ibid. PI
You’re an asset. An expendable asset. And I used you to get the job done, gettit? Predator 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Carl Weathers & Elpidia Carrillo & Bill Duke & Jesse Ventura & Sonny Landham & Richard Chaves & R G Armstrong & Keving Peter Hall et al, director John McTiernan, black bloke to Arnie
If it bleeds, we can kill it. ibid. Arnie
1) The moment you show fear, this city calls your bet; 2) Make the cash without the flash; 3) You never open your mouth. Never. Witness to the Mob 1998 starring Tom Sizemore & Nicholas Turturro & Debi Mazar & Abe Vigoda & Philip Baker Hall & Frank Vincent & Lenny Venito & Angelo Ruggiero & Michael Imperioli et al, director Thaddeus O'Sullivan, opening commentary
I felt no remorse. No guilt whatsoever. I felt only one thing – I felt power. ibid.
This life of ours is a wonderful life. But it’s very unpredictable. There are so many ways you can screw it up. ibid.
Without trust you can't have betrayal. ibid.
Nobody got a free ride. We set a tax, and you – the public – paid through the nose. Our family controlled this city. ibid.
Everybody called him the Teflon Don. ibid.
We’re not movie stars: we’re gangstas. ibid.
You can’t count on nobody and nothing in this crazy world. ibid.
When it comes to gambling, all life is seven to five against. ibid.
My testimony helped the government convict thirty-seven other people. ibid.
In reality it was just one double cross after another. One betrayal after another. No there’s no family to protect. ibid.
I’m a gangster. What happened happened. ibid.
We’re gonna need the blueprints, we’re gonna need to know the exit and entry points, we’re gonna need to know the staff entrances and the fastest way out of the building at any given point in time. What do you say? American Animals 2018 starring Spencer Reinhard & Warren Lipka & Eric Borsuk & Chas Allen & Betty Jean Gooch & Evan Peters & Blake Jenner & Barry Keoghan & Jared Abrahamson et al, director Bart Layton, Warren to Spencer
Early 1930s: Fascism is on the rise and organised crime is born in England. Two gangs – the Italian Sabinis and the English White family join forces to consolidate their control of London’s West End and its murky underworld. In different parts of town two as yet unknowns – Jack Spot Comer and Billy Hill are staring to make a name for themselves. This city has never looked so dangerous. Once Upon a Time in London 2019 starring Leo Gregory & Terry Stone & Holly Earl & Dominic Keating & Geoff Bell & Jamie Foreman & Doug Allen & Andy Beckwith & Roland Manookiann & Justin Salinger & Laura Carter & Simon Munnery et al, director Simon Rumley, opening commentary
If it ain’t me, it’ll be someone else. ibid. Jack
I take a cut of everything – from the bookmakers right on down to the high street concessions. ibid.
I’m the king of the underworld! Jack fucking Spot! ibid.
August 1962 was a stormy time for France. Many people felt that president Charles de Gaulle had betrayed the country by giving independence to Algeria. The Day of the Jackal 1972 starring Edward Fox & Michael Lonsdale & Cyril Cusack & Timothy West & Derek Jacobi & Terence Alexander & Michel Auclair & Alan Badel & Denis Carey et al, director Fred Zinnemann, voice
Today’s execution must surely mean that the OAS is finished once and for all. ibid. news
This job depends on absolute secrecy. ibid. Fox
If the Jackal wasn’t Calthrop, then who the hell was he? ibid. rozzer
It happened in Brooklyn, New York, on August 22 1972. Dog Day Afternoon 1975 starring Al Pacino & John Cazale & Charles Durning & James Broderick & Lance Henriksen & Chris Sarandon & Penelope Allen & Carole Kane et al, director Sidney Lumet
I can’t do it, Sonny. ibid. Stevie
I had a plan! I had a plan! ibid. Sonny
We’re Vietnam veterans so killing doesn’t mean anything to us. ibid. Sonny
He wants to kill me so bad he can taste it. ibid. Sonny
Kill them all. ibid. caller
Everybody wants to kill everybody. ibid. Sonny
I just think you ought to take care of your body, that’s all. ibid. Sal
You’ve got to get fun out of life. ibid. Sonny
I want a military funeral. And I am entitled to have one free of charge. ibid. Sonny’s will
You think you’re dealing with a fucking idiot? ibid. Sonny