Tango & Cash (1989)

Kurt Russell: Cash

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• Gabriel Cash : You wanna cut my throat, go ahead. You wanna cut my fuckin' head off and use it for a fuckin' basketball? You can *bowl* with the motherfucker for all I care! Just don't let HIM do it! I don't wanna get killed by this limey, immigrant JERKOFF! I wanna get killed by an AMERICAN jerkoff!

  Requin : [English accent]  You fucking wanker!

• Gabriel Cash : I don't know about you, but I have an aversion to getting F.U.B.A.R...

  Ray Tango : What's F.U.B.A.R.?

  Gabriel Cash : Fucked-Up Beyond All Recognition.

• [Tango grabs a hefty submachine gun and hands Cash a pistol] 

  Ray Tango : Here.

  Gabriel Cash : Aw, c'mon, how come yours is bigger than mine?

  Ray Tango : Genetics, peewee.

• Ray Tango : When this is over, we have to pay Jabba the Hutt here a visit.

  Gabriel Cash : I'll bring the chainsaw.

  Ray Tango : I'll bring the beer.

• Gabriel Cash : Lucky for me this place is soundproof. That way nobody gets to hear me beating the truth out of you.

• Gabriel Cash : You know, it's a free country, Tango.

  Ray Tango : Yeah.

  Gabriel Cash : And people are free to do whatever they want.

  Ray Tango : So?

  Gabriel Cash : Well, your sister is very, very free.

  Ray Tango : I'm going to kill you.

• Gabriel Cash : You're getting a little radical here, don't you think?

  Ray Tango : What's radical?

  Gabriel Cash : Blowing a man's head off with a fucking hand grenade is a touch much, don't you think?

  Ray Tango : You got your way, I got mine. You know, I'm kind of glad you didn't want to talk, Requin...

  Gabriel Cash : You know what? I'll just shoot him in the goddamn leg, he'll talk!

  Ray Tango : I don't want the leg, I want the whole package!

  Gabriel Cash : Maybe he doesn't know anything, okay?

  Ray Tango : I don't really care!

• Assistant Warden Matt Sokowski : What's widdya friend?

  Gabriel Cash : He's a little upset. He misses his wardrobe.

  [then as they leave the room] 

  Ray Tango : I DO miss my wardrobe.

• Interpreter : Detective Cash assaulted me. He put a chair on my chest and sat on it.

  Gabriel Cash : [Tango looks at Cash, surprised]  I couldn't find a piano.

• Owen : Your Honor, the defendants wish to change their plea.

  [Crowd is stunned. Judge McCormick bangs his gavel] 

  Judge McCormick : Order! Very well, Counselor. What is the plea?

  Ray Tango : Your Honor, may I approach the bench, please?

  Judge McCormick : Proceed, Mr. Tango.

  Ray Tango : [Gets up, looks at Owen]  It's okay.

  [Tango approaches the bench] 

  Ray Tango : Your Honor, I have been a policeman for 12 years, and I think it's the best organization in the country. At times, I've been accused of being too aggressive at taking criminals off the streets. Well, if that's a sin, then I guess I'm guilty. All the cops I've worked with are good cops. They are... doing a tough job. And I only hope that the outcome of this trial is such, that the whole department is not judged by what has transpired here. Thank you.

  [Tango returns to his seat] 

  Judge McCormick : Do you have anything to add, Mr. Cash?

  Gabriel Cash : [Nods]  Yeah.

  Ray Tango : [Grabs Cash's arm]  No!

  Gabriel Cash : Yeah.

  Ray Tango : No-no.

  Gabriel Cash : Yeah.

  Ray Tango : No.

  [Cash gets up] 

  Gabriel Cash : Mr. Tango has, uh, spoken very eloquently. I wish I could be as forgiving. But I can't, because... this whole thing... fucking sucks! I mean, this is the biggest pile of shit I've ever...

  [Crowd applauses] 

  Judge McCormick : Order! Order!

• Ray Tango : Do you think he's telling the truth?

  Gabriel Cash : I don't know. But it's not raining and he's standing in a puddle.

  Ray Tango : Disgusting.

• Ray Tango : What are you doing? What are you doing?

  Gabriel Cash : Relax. Soap. And don't flatter yourself... Peewee.

• Gabriel Cash : I've got good news and bad news.

  Ray Tango : What's the bad news?

  Gabriel Cash : We're almost out of gas.

  Ray Tango : What's the good news?

  Gabriel Cash : We're ALMOST out of gas.

• [after Requin breaks down and confesses] 

  Gabriel Cash : You know, Potato Head, you just fell for the oldest routine in the book: bad cop...

  Ray Tango : Worse cop!

• Gabriel Cash : When this is over, remind me to rip Jumbo there's tongue out.

  Ray Tango : With a tow truck.

• Gabriel Cash : This has got to be a mistake. What do you think?

  Ray Tango : I think my underwear is riding into my throat.

• Ray Tango : Pleasure doing time with ya.

  Gabriel Cash : Yeah, I'll never forget that time in the shower.

• [Requin is holding Cash at gunpoint, when Tango appears behind him] 

  Ray Tango : [English accent]  Shame, shame! Don't you know ponytails are out this season? How you doin', Cash?

  Gabriel Cash : [disarms Requin]  Oh, things are just getting better by the second.

  Ray Tango : There's a party up on the roof.

  Gabriel Cash : Can I invite Mr. Potato Head here?

  Ray Tango : Sure! Wouldn't be a party without Potato Head.

• Ray Tango : Your Honor, I have been a policeman for 12 years and I think it's the best organization in the country. At times I've been accused of being too aggressive at taking criminals off the street. Well, if that's a sin, I guess I'm guilty. All the cops I've worked with are good cops.

  [to fellow officers] 

  Ray Tango : You are. Doing a tough job. And I only hope that the outcome of this trial is such that the whole department is not judged by what has transpired here. Thank you.

  Judge McCormick : Do you have anything to add Mr. Cash?

  Gabriel Cash : [snickers]  Yeah.

  Ray Tango : No.

  Gabriel Cash : Oh, yeah.

  Ray Tango : No no.

  Gabriel Cash : Yeah.

  Ray Tango : No.

  Gabriel Cash : [stands up to address the judge]  Mr. Tango has spoken very eloquently and I wish I could be as forgiving. But I can't because this whole thing... FUCKING SUCKS.

• Gabriel Cash : You don't know anything about electricity, do you?

  Ray Tango : No.

  Gabriel Cash : As long as you're only touching one wire and you're not touching the ground, you don't get electrocuted.

  [Thinks about it for a moment] 

  Gabriel Cash : Um, right?

  Ray Tango : I don't know.

  Gabriel Cash : I don't either.

• Car owner : I believe in Perestroijka.

  Gabriel Cash : Welcome to America.

• [Looking at a picture of Ray Tango in the paper] 

  Gabriel Cash : Well, if it isn't Armani with a badge.

• Ray Tango : Why just use your Plan A?

  Gabriel Cash : Because it's a hell of a lot better than your Plan B, which you don't even have.

• [walking to the showers in prison naked] 

  Gabriel Cash : Nice to see your underwear problem is solved.

  Ray Tango : I noticed. And Cash? You can stop holding your stomach.

• Gabriel Cash : This is the tape that's gonna clear our names, courtesy of our friend Jumbo the Forgerer. What do you got?

  Ray Tango : I got a quarter of four.

• Gabriel Cash : No, no, wait! I got it! It's Lopez!

• Owen : [unable to see the chaos outside the car]  Cash what was that noise?

  Gabriel Cash : Don't worry Owen, just a couple speed bumps.

• [dangling Requin off a roof by his legs] 

  Gabriel Cash : Come on, you meat puppet! Who pulls your strings?

  Requin : Piss off! Bollocks to Plan A! I like this! The view's great up here! Heh, heh!

  Gabriel Cash : What'd he say?

  Ray Tango : Plan "A"'s a loser.

  Gabriel Cash : Hold on. Give me a name, Death-Breath, or you're going back to fucking England in a fucking baggie!

  Requin : Up yours, arsehole! You ain't worth a toss! Go on, drop me! Do it!

  Gabriel Cash : Plan "A" is definitely a loser.

• Gabriel Cash : You want my vote for the Psycho Hall of Fame, asshole? You got it!

• Gabriel Cash : [pointing gun to Tango]  Freeze! Drop the duck!

• Ray Tango : I gotta go. I don't wanna put you in jeopardy.

  Katherine 'Kiki' Tango : What are you talking about?

  Ray Tango : I'm talking about all that filth and scum I have to deal with out there.

  Gabriel Cash : Here I am!

  Ray Tango : See what I mean?

• [last lines] 

  Katherine 'Kiki' Tango : Why don't you just admit it that you guys work well together?

  Gabriel Cash : [scoffs]  Oh, yeah. Well, no matter what you say, Ray, I've at least earned the right to date your sister.

  Ray Tango : [laughs]  Oh, over my dead body.

  Gabriel Cash : Deal?

  [Cash and Tango laugh and then high-five] 

• Gabriel Cash : I don't think there's a golf course.

• [Conan arrives to the laundry full of vengeful prisoners] 

  Ray Tango : Oh shit, it's Conan.

  Gabriel Cash : What?

  Ray Tango : It's Conan.

  Gabriel Cash : We're gonna get F.U.B.A.R now.

  Ray Tango : What the hell is F.U.B.A.R?

  Gabriel Cash : You'll see.

  Face : Real bad ass cops. You don't look so tough now, do you? DO YOU, YOU FUCK?

  Ray Tango : [to Cash]  He must mean you.

  Face : Out on the streets, this pig and his cop friends, broke my ribs, my leg and my jaw.

  [tsks at Tango] 

  Gabriel Cash : You broke that jaw?

  Ray Tango : He deserved it.

• Gabriel Cash : We're gonna get FUBAR now.

  Ray Tango : What the hell is FUBAR?

  Gabriel Cash : You'll see.