Cry of the Hunted (1953)

Barry Sullivan: Lt. Tunner

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• Lieutenant Tunner : Now I know why your eyes are always at half-mast, sheriff - your brain is dead.

• Lieutenant Tunner : [to Warden Keeley]  The golf bug not only bit you- it crawled right into your brain.

• Lieutenant Tunner : Get another man to take him into State City tomorrow. Have the warden notify the D.A.'s office you're coming.

  Goodwin : Okay, I'll take Davis.

  Lieutenant Tunner : And don't rough him up, Goodwin. Keep your hands in your pockets. Sometimes you try just too hard.

  Goodwin : [chuckling]  Well, it's just that I'm ambitious, Lieutenant. I only want *your* job.

  [Tunner laughs sarcastically] 

• Lieutenant Tunner : Hey, how 'bout dinner, huh?

  Lieutenant Tunner , Janet Tunner : Sí, Señor.

  Lieutenant Tunner : Incidentally, what are you putting out tonight?

  Janet Tunner : Meatloaf.

  Lieutenant Tunner : Again? Isn't this becoming a little embarrassing?

  Janet Tunner : Only to the meatloaf. Tomorrow it'll be all gone.

  Lieutenant Tunner : You know, when I get Jory paroled I'm gonna have him up here for the meatloaf. That'll be my revenge.

• Lieutenant Tunner : [after Jory has escaped]  It's a big country. A guy could get lost in it.

  Warden Keeley : It's incredible, nevertheless, that he hasn't been picked up. I got a report this morning, and a man fitting Jory's description took over a lunch wagon right here

  [points to spot on a map] 

  Warden Keeley : . He didn't bother with the cash- he just stole a dozen doughnuts.

  Lieutenant Tunner : That's Jory all right. He's eating himself right back into prison.

• Janet Tunner : [after they kiss]  What time do you leave, Lieutenant?

  Lieutenant Tunner : Eight o'clock be soon enough? You can be in the iceman's lap by nine.

  Janet Tunner : [chuckles]  He's got a *cold* lap.

• Lieutenant Tunner : [now in Louisiana]  It's great country- Chatsburg. I always wanted to see the South.

  Sheriff Brown : Nothing like it- place nature pours a lot into that never seems to fill.

  Lieutenant Tunner : [chuckles]  I don't think it could stand much more.

• Lieutenant Tunner : You here to inquire about my health?

  Goodwin : Well, you might say "Hello".

  Lieutenant Tunner : Why should I? I knew it was you. Nobody else walks with that flat shuffle of yours.

  Goodwin : [to Janet]  What's with him?

  Janet Tunner : He doesn't want to win friends and influence people.

• Goodwin : [while discussing going into the swampland to get Jory]  Look, Lieutenant, I don't like this. I'm a little scared... just like you.

  Lieutenant Tunner : Like me?

  Goodwin : Things can happen in that bayou.

  Lieutenant Tunner : Don't worry, you're so surly you'd be safe in a cannibals' camp.