Strother Martin movie quotes

37 quotes from 3 movies

Cool Hand Luke (1967) as Captain

View Quote What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it anymore than you men. Note: bolded portion ranked #11 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

View Quote When a man's mother dies and, uh, he gets to thinking about her funeral and paying respects. Before he knows it, his mind ain't right. He's got rabbit in his blood and he runs.

View Quote You gonna fit in real good, of course, unless you get rabbit in your blood and you decide to take off for home. You give the bonus system time and a set of leg chains to keep you slowed down just a little bit, for your own good, you'll learn the rules. Now, it's all up to you. Now I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean son-of-a-bitch. It's all up to you.

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Slap Shot (1977) as Joe McGrath

View Quote Joe McGrath: They've come tonight...to challenge the Chiefs, the toughest team in the Federal League. Not this...bunch of...p***ies (stomps out out locker room)
Reggie Dunlop: Scouts?

View Quote Joe McGrath: You can't put a bounty on a man's head.
Reggie Dunlop: I just did.

View Quote [Cheifs fashion show]
Jim Ahern: I look like some sorta **** suckin ****!
Johnny Upton: I'm gonna flash them Joe! I am gonna flash them! I am gonna walk down that stinkin' aisle, I am gonna open this **** bathrobe and wiggle my dick at 'em!
Joe McGrath: You WILL not!
Johhny Upton: Yes I am Joe and you know why? Because I want you to have a heart attack and die so that we never have to do this shit again. You and your ****in' fashion shows.

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The Wild Bunch (1969) as Coffer

View Quote Coffer: I can nail him.
Thornton: I said wait.
T.C.: What if they slip out the back?
Coffer: It's covered, ya two-bit, redneck peckerwood.

View Quote Coffer: From here on, it's Mexico, Mr. Thornton.
Thornton: What's the closest town of any size?
Coffer: Agua Verde.
Thornton: What's in Agua Verde?
Coffer: Mexicans. What else? The headquarters for regulars, fightin' against Villa. Mapache territory.

View Quote Coffer: You rode with, uh, Pike. What kind of man are we up against?
Thornton: The best. He never got caught.

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