Other Titles • Death Wish (1974) • Mann sieht rot, Ein (1974)
Quotes from Death Wish (1974)
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Freak #1: We want money, mother, now get it!
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Jack Toby: We gotta let the cops handle this, Dad! Paul Kersey: Yeah? [squint] Paul Kersey: Well, what if the cops can't handle this, Jack?
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[Sam complains the crime situation in the city] Sam Kreutzer: You know, decent people are going to have to work here and live somewhere else. Paul Kersey: By "decent people," you mean people who can afford to live somewhere else. Sam Kreutzer: Oh Christ, you are such a bleeding-heart liberal, Paul. Paul Kersey: My heart bleeds a little for the underprivileged, yes. Sam Kreutzer: The underprivileged are beating our goddamned brains out. You know what I say? Stick them in concentration camps, that's what I say.
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Paul Kersey: You've got a prime figure. You really have, you know. Joanna Kersey: That's a euphemism for fat.
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Paul Kersey: Any chance of catching these men? Lt. Briggs: There's a chance, sure. Paul Kersey: Just a chance? Lt. Briggs: I'd be less than honest if I gave you more hope, Mr. Kersey. In the city, that's the way it is.
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Ames Jainchill: You're probably one of them knee-jerk liberals that thinks us gun boys would shoot our guns because it's an extension of our penises. Paul Kersey: Never thought about it that way. It could be true. Ames Jainchill: Well, maybe it is. But this is gun country.
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Frank Ochoa: We want you to get out of New York... Permanently. [pause] Paul Kersey: Inspector... By sundown?
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Paul Kersey: Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defense us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves. Jack Toby: We're not pioneers anymore, Dad. Paul Kersey: What are we, Jack? Jack Toby: What do you mean? Paul Kersey: I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide? Jack Toby: Civilized? Paul Kersey: No.
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[Paul and Sam listen to a police statement on the news] Sam Kreutzer: I'll bet muggings are down, and they're afraid to tell us. Paul Kersey: There's only one way to find out. Take a walk on Columbus Avenue tonight. Sam Kreutzer: Thanks a lot, Paul. I think I'll wait for the official report.
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