A character in RoboCop (1987)

The Old Man quotes from RoboCop (1987)

Dan O'Herlihy

Scenes with The Old Man

3 scenes
Old Man
[Robocop forces the doors open on a high level conference meeting of OCP senior personel.]

How may we help you, officer?

Robocop

Dick Jones is wanted for murder.

Dick Jones

This is absurd! That...thing...is a violent, mechanical psychopath!

Old Man

These are some serious charges. What is your evidence?

Dick Jones
[Robocop moves toward the TV monitors, and plays back Dick Jones confessing "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake; now it's time to erase that mistake."] [Jones pulls a gun on the Old Man in a board meeting.]

I want a chopper! Now! We will walk to the roof, very calmly! I will board the chopper with my hostage. Anybody tries to stop me, the old geezer gets it!

Robocop
[Robocop aims his firearm in the general direction of Dick Jones, but makes no intention to shoot him.]

My program will not allow me to act against an officer of this company.

The Old Man

Dick, you're fired!

RoboCop/Murphy
[Directive 4 disappears from RoboCop's vision.]

Thank you.
[Robocop shoots Jones out of the window]

The Old Man

Nice shooting, son. What's your name?

RoboCop/Murphy

Murphy.

ED-209
[Jones directs Kinney to threaten ED-209. Kinney points a gun at the robot, which immediately aims its weapons at him.]

Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.

Jones

I think you'd better do what he says, Mr. Kinney.

ED-209
[Alarmed, Kinney quickly tosses the gun away. ED-209 steps forward and growls menacingly.]

You now have 15 seconds to comply. You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9.

ED-209
[Everyone in the room panics; Kinney tries to hide among them, but is pushed back into open range]

You have 5 seconds to comply. 4. 3. 2. 1. I am now authorized to use physical force! [Violently shoots Kinney repeatedly until one of the technicians pulls the plug, shutting down ED-209]

Bob Morton

Somebody wanna call a goddamn paramedic?! Let's go, Johnson!

Donald Johnson

You pull the plug on this thing?

Donald Johnson
[As one of the staff members tries to touch Kinney]

Don't touch him. DON'T TOUCH HIM! [dialling the phone]

Dr. McNamara

He didn't hear the gun drop.

Donald Johnson

He didn't hear it?

The Old Man
[to Dick Jones]

Dick, I'm very disappointed.

Dick Jones

I'm sure it's only a glitch. A temporary setback.

The Old Man

You call this a glitch? We're scheduled to begin construction in six months. Your "temporary setback" could cost us 50 million dollars in interest payments alone.

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