Sean Connery as Jim Malone in The Untouchables (1987)
Malone: You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: make sure when your shift is over you go home alive. Here endeth the lesson.
Malone: Why do you want to be a police officer?
Williamson: To protect the… people and the… p…
Malone: I’m not looking for the textbook answer. Why do you want to join the force.
Williamson: The force?
Malone: Yeah, why do you want to join the force.
Williamson: Because… I…
Malone: Yeah?
Williamson: …think I could help.
Malone: You think you could help.
Williamson: …with the force.
Malone: Thank you very much, you’ve been most helpful.
[Williamson leaves]
Malone: [to Ness] There goes the next chief of police.
Williamson: To protect the… people and the… p…
Malone: I’m not looking for the textbook answer. Why do you want to join the force.
Williamson: The force?
Malone: Yeah, why do you want to join the force.
Williamson: Because… I…
Malone: Yeah?
Williamson: …think I could help.
Malone: You think you could help.
Williamson: …with the force.
Malone: Thank you very much, you’ve been most helpful.
[Williamson leaves]
Malone: [to Ness] There goes the next chief of police.
Malone: Why do you want to join the force?
George Stone: To protect the property and citizenry of…
Malone: Ah, don’t waste my time with that bullshit. Where you from, Stone?
George Stone: I’m from the south-side.
Malone: Stone. George Stone. That’s your name? What’s your real name?
George Stone: That is my real name.
Malone: Nah. What was it before you changed it?
George Stone: Giuseppe Petri.
Malone: Ah, I knew it. That’s all you need, one thieving wop on the team.
George Stone: Hey, what’s that you say?
Malone: I said that you’re a lying member of a no good race.
[He cuffs Stone across the face. As he draws back his arm again, Stone presses a gun under his chin]
George Stone: Much better than you, you stinking Irish pig.
Malone: Oh, I like him.
George Stone: To protect the property and citizenry of…
Malone: Ah, don’t waste my time with that bullshit. Where you from, Stone?
George Stone: I’m from the south-side.
Malone: Stone. George Stone. That’s your name? What’s your real name?
George Stone: That is my real name.
Malone: Nah. What was it before you changed it?
George Stone: Giuseppe Petri.
Malone: Ah, I knew it. That’s all you need, one thieving wop on the team.
George Stone: Hey, what’s that you say?
Malone: I said that you’re a lying member of a no good race.
[He cuffs Stone across the face. As he draws back his arm again, Stone presses a gun under his chin]
George Stone: Much better than you, you stinking Irish pig.
Malone: Oh, I like him.
Malone: You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I’m saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Ness: Anything within the law.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way. Because they’re not gonna give up the fight, until one of you is dead.
Ness: I want to get Capone! I don’t know how to do it.
Malone: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Chicago* way! And that’s how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I’m offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward.
[jabs Ness with his hand, and Ness shakes it]
Malone: Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, ’cause you just took one.
Ness: Anything within the law.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way. Because they’re not gonna give up the fight, until one of you is dead.
Ness: I want to get Capone! I don’t know how to do it.
Malone: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Chicago* way! And that’s how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I’m offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward.
[jabs Ness with his hand, and Ness shakes it]
Malone: Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, ’cause you just took one.
Malone: You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I’m saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Ness: Anything and everything in my power.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way because they’re not gonna give up the fight until one of you is dead.
Ness: How do you do it then?
Malone: You wanna know how you do it? Here’s how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way, and that’s how you get Capone! Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward. Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, ’cause you just took one.
Ness: Anything and everything in my power.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way because they’re not gonna give up the fight until one of you is dead.
Ness: How do you do it then?
Malone: You wanna know how you do it? Here’s how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way, and that’s how you get Capone! Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward. Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, ’cause you just took one.
Malone: Isn’t that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight.
Malone: You’re muckin’ with a G here, pal!
Malone: OK, pal, why the mahaska? Why are you carrying the gun?
Ness: I’m a treasury officer.
Malone: Alright. Just remember what we talked about now.
[Malone walks away]
Ness: Hey, wait a minute! What the hell kind of policemen you got in this god damn city? You just turned your back on an armed man.
Malone: You’re a treasury officer.
Ness: How do you know that? I just told you that.
Malone: Who would claim to be that who was not? Hmm?
Ness: I’m a treasury officer.
Malone: Alright. Just remember what we talked about now.
[Malone walks away]
Ness: Hey, wait a minute! What the hell kind of policemen you got in this god damn city? You just turned your back on an armed man.
Malone: You’re a treasury officer.
Ness: How do you know that? I just told you that.
Malone: Who would claim to be that who was not? Hmm?
Malone: The hell you say. You going to talk?
[beat]
Malone: You’re gonna talk, pal. You’re gonna beg to talk. Somebody’s going to talk. Hey you, on your feet. We need you to translate this book. And you are going to. I won’t ask you again. What’s the matter. Can’t you talk with a gun in your mouth? One… two… three…
[beat]
Malone: You’re gonna talk, pal. You’re gonna beg to talk. Somebody’s going to talk. Hey you, on your feet. We need you to translate this book. And you are going to. I won’t ask you again. What’s the matter. Can’t you talk with a gun in your mouth? One… two… three…
Malone: Don’t wait for it to happen. Don’t even want it to happen. Just watch what does happen.
Malone: [after a plan goes wrong] Oh what the hell? You gotta die of something.
Malone: If you’re afraid of getting a rotten apple, don’t go to the barrel. Get it off the tree.
Ness: Come on Capone! You wanna fight? You wanna settle it right now? Right here? Let’s go!
Capone: Listen to me here! You ain’t got nothin’ on me, nothin’! You’re just a cop! Fuck you and your family!
Ness: Fuh… know what?
[Ness goes to pull his gun, Capone’s goons pull their guns and point them at Ness]
Malone: Not now Eliot, not now.
[Malone grabs Ness]
Capone: Listen to me here! You ain’t got nothin’ on me, nothin’! You’re just a cop! Fuck you and your family!
Ness: Fuh… know what?
[Ness goes to pull his gun, Capone’s goons pull their guns and point them at Ness]
Malone: Not now Eliot, not now.
[Malone grabs Ness]
Malone: Get outta here you dago bastared!
Malone: [firing his gun to stop a suspect] All right! Enough of this running shit!
Ness: [looking at a gold chain Malone is holding] What is that?
Malone: Ah, I’m among the heathen. That is my call box key, and that… is my St. Jude medallion.
Ness: Saint who?
George Stone: Santo Jude. The patron saint of lost causes.
Malone: And policemen.
Ness: Well, which are we, gentlemen – policemen, or lost causes?
Malone: Ah, I’m among the heathen. That is my call box key, and that… is my St. Jude medallion.
Ness: Saint who?
George Stone: Santo Jude. The patron saint of lost causes.
Malone: And policemen.
Ness: Well, which are we, gentlemen – policemen, or lost causes?
Malone: You, you carry a badge?
Agent Oscar Wallace: Yes?
Malone: [gives him a shotgun] Carry a gun.
Agent Oscar Wallace: Yes?
Malone: [gives him a shotgun] Carry a gun.
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