Silver Streak (1976)

Jill Clayburgh: Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

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Quotes 

• Hilly Burns : I give great phone.

• Ralston : [startled to see George Caldwell back on the train]  Oh, my God, it's the killer!

  Hilly Burns : No, he's okay, really.

• George Caldwell : You're very beautiful, Hilly.

  Hilly Burns : I like you too, George.

• Hilly Burns : I don't know about you, but next time I'm going to take the bus.

• Grover Muldoon : [driving away in a stolen car]  Take it easy, killer. Stay loose.

  Hilly Burns : What's he doing?

  George Caldwell : He's crazy.

  Hilly Burns : Crazy? He's got the right idea. Let's get out of here and go to a park.

  George Caldwell : A park?

  Hilly Burns : Yeah, I wanna lie back on the grass and have you teach me some more about gardening.

  [they kiss] 

• Roger Devereau : [annoyed]  You get out of...

  Grover Muldoon : See what I...

  Roger Devereau : You ignorant NIGGER!

  Grover Muldoon : [Pulls gun out at points it at Devereau]  Hey man, who you calling nigger, huh? You don't know me well enough to call me nigger! I'll slap the taste out your mouth! You don't even know my name! I'll whoop your ass, beat the white off your ass!

  Hilly Burns : Who ARE you?

  Grover Muldoon : I'm a thief!

  George Caldwell : [Grabs Devereau's gun]  It's all right, Hilly. He's a friend of mine.

  Hilly Burns : Hello.

  Grover Muldoon : Hi.

  Hilly Burns : Hi.

  Grover Muldoon : So this is Mister Big?

  George Caldwell : That's the man.

  Grover Muldoon : [to Devereau]  You ain't saying shit now, Mister Big.

  Roger Devereau : I must admit that I'm slightly at a loss for words. But on the other hand, I should warn you that you are a killer and you are wanted by the police in every state and I recommend that you, uh, be careful.

  George Caldwell : You're the killer who's wanted by the police in every state. That man you had shot wasn't a vitamin salesman, he was a federal agent. They've been after you for two years, ever since that plane crash in Cologne, Germany, when you caused a hundred people to die just to cover up your link with the scandal at the Metropolitan Gallery. So why don't we get them the proof that they wanted? Let's go and get the Rembrandt letters.

  [points the gun at Devereau] 

  George Caldwell : Get up.

  Roger Devereau : If you insist.

• Hilly : Do you really edit sex manuals?

  George : I really, really do. But, I have a confession to make.

  Hilly : Oh?

  George : I'm much better on books on gardening.

  Hilly : Really?

  George : That's my specialty.

  Hilly : Well, is there anything that you might - want to pass on?

  George : You mean about gardening?

  Hilly : Yes. Some helpful - hints for the beginner.

  George : Well, one tip is always be nasty to nasturtiums.

  Hilly : Is that so?

  George : They love that.

  Hilly : They like it rough

  George : The rougher - the better.

  Hilly : Great!

• George Caldwell : You like my new shoes?

  Hilly Burns : Yes I do. Why don't you take them off?

• Hilly Burns : You do that very well.

  George Caldwell : I give great french.

• Grover Muldoon : Get up, Whiney!

  Roger Devereau : [to Whiney]  Just do as he says.

  George Caldwell : Get the letters, Hilly.

  [Hilly heads to the safe to collect the Rembrandt letters] 

  Roger Devereau : Mr. Caldwell, I take it that you are a reasonable man, and like all men, you place a reasonable value on you life.

  George Caldwell : Are you trying to bribe me?

  Roger Devereau : No, I'm merely pointing out that life is short, and the smart man hedges his bets.

  George Caldwell : You can't protect bets. If there's one thing I have learned from this trip, it's that you play the game and take what you get.

  Hilly Burns : [grabs the letters]  I've found them.

  George Caldwell : Come here, Hilly.

  [Johnson barges in and fires at George and Grover] 

  Roger Devereau : [yells]  GET THE GIRL!

• George : Do you juggle a lot?

  Hilly : I know what goes where - and why.

• Hilly : He was very good to me. He taught me everything from the pill to Picasso.

• Hilly : What do you publish?

  George : Oh, mostly nonfiction. Gardening, cookbooks, how-to-do-it books.

  Hilly : Like sex manuals?

  George : I've edited a few.

  Hilly : An authority, huh?

  George : I know what goes where - and why.

• George : I like that song. If I ever hear it again, it'll be difficult not to think of you.

  Hilly : You put that very nicely.

• George : [toast]  To travelling by train.

  Hilly : Trains that pass in the night.

  [kiss] 

• [last lines] 

  Hilly : Let's get out of here and go to a park.

  George : A park?

  Hilly : Yeah. I want to lie back on the grass and have you teach me some more about gardening.

• Sweet : Do you go all the way?

  Hilly : What?

  Sweet : I said, do you go all the way - - to Chicago?

  Hilly : Oh. Yes, I do.

  Sweet : Well then, maybe we can do it together.

  Hilly : Do what?

  Sweet : Go to Chicago.