The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Peter Boyle: Dillon

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Quotes 

• Dave Foley : [Hands Dillon $20]  Here's twenty. Who's calling up?

  Dillon : Remember Eddie Fingers?

  Dave Foley : Fella that got his hand busted up. Who's he looking for?

  Dillon : Jimmy Scalise. Do you know him?

  Dave Foley : Last time I heard he was in Florida, getting some sun. Does he find him?

  Dillon : I don't know. I'm just a messenger boy.

  Dave Foley : They give you numbers.

  Dillon : Telephone numbers. I'm a law-abiding citizen. I got a liquor license.

  Dave Foley : Uh, you work for a guy that's got a liquor license. Ever see him? You're a convicted felon.

  Dillon : Like I say: I work for a guy got a liquor license. I forget sometimes.

  Dave Foley : Want to forget this?

  Dillon : I'd just as soon.

  Dave Foley : You oughta get yourself a car.

  Dillon : I don't drive. If I could afford a car, I wouldn't be taking twenty a week from you.

  Dave Foley : Have a nice day.

• Dillon : There's this truck. It bothers me. I know it sounds funny because I suppose you would think that what would be worrying me would be the guys in the truck or maybe some guy I don't even know watching me pretty close in the bar or something. But I have seen the truck. Put two guys in that truck, they could get the pope. The only time I see an engine like that is in a Cadillac. So you know you aren't gonna run away cuz that thing's gonna run right away with ya. In the windshield they got a crack on the passenger side. You open it right up, you stick a deer rifle out there. Now you're on the Mystic Bridge, that thing wheels up behind ya, the windshield's opening up and I ask ya, what are you gonna do now? You're gonna make a good act of contrition is what you're gonna do. I mean, sure, I don't drive. The only time I'm on that bridge is coming home from the track on the bus. Do you see what I'm gettin' at? I know these guys. They're serious. I know them very well. They got a truck for guys that drive cars and they got something else for guys that walk, like me.

• The Man's contact man : [asking Dillon to commit a hit]  The man says tonight.

  Dillon : Look, when I hit somebody, I do it right - not like some Goddamned kid who found his girl fuckin' someone else.

  The Man's contact man : Now... he said tonight...

  Dillon : [interrupting]  ... he says - he says... Look, five grand in front.

  The Man's contact man : Look, you get it when you do the job.

  Dillon : Who would make a hit on the cuff? Look, that's not the way it happens, and the man knows that, and I'm beginnin' to wonder if he sent you.

  The Man's contact man : Now, look...

  Dillon : Noe, look nothin'... I treat a man with respect. I expect to be treated with a little respect. The man knows how I work, what I do. That's why he wants me. I did the Polack and Jimmy the Whale, so he knows what I can do, so he knows with me strictly cash inadvance. No money - no hit! No credit cards whatsoever!