Mr. Majestyk (1974)

Lee Purcell: Wiley

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• Wiley : [Frank and Wiley enter their new cabin lodge, where they meet Frank's lawyer, Dick Richard]  Hello, Richard.

  Dick Richard : Wiley. Hello, Frank.

  Frank Renda : Hello, Dick.

  [astonished by the quality of the house] 

  Frank Renda : Hey!

  Dick Richard : How do you like it?

  Frank Renda : It's not bad.

  Wiley : Looks like a dude ranch.

  Dick Richard : Belongs to a stockbroker I once represented.

  Frank Renda : Yeah, and where's he? In jail?

  Dick Richard : Lewisburg, as a matter of fact.

  Frank Renda : I figured.

  Dick Richard : [chuckling]  Conspiring, they say. To defraud the United States government.

  [Frank goes to the bar to pour himself a drink] 

  Wiley : I'll have one, too. I can use it.

  Dick Richard : Frank, where you been? Looking at melon fields?

  Frank Renda : I've been busy.

  Dick Richard : You're out on $5,000 bond, pending a district court examination in ten days.

  Frank Renda : [agitated]  What are you talking about? I thought I was clear.

  Dick Richard : Oh, you are, but they have to go through the motions.

  [Frank makes an exasperated groan] 

  Dick Richard : Frank, this is not the time to do anything impulsive.

  Frank Renda : There's a melon I gotta pick.

  Dick Richard : Also, there are some very big offers that have come in. Big offers from big people. Now, what am I supposed to tell them?

  Frank Renda : [heading towards the stairs]  You tell them I got something to do.

  Dick Richard : Frank.

  Frank Renda : Hey, if they don't like it, tough shit. Okay?

• Frank Renda : [Lundy is showing Frank and Wiley the inside of their new, spiffy camper]  A regular vacation, huh?

  Gene Lundy : Yeah.

  Frank Renda : Having a good time?

  Gene Lundy : I could use a rest. That stunt, hitting that bus, it took a couple years off me, man.

  Frank Renda : Where is he?

  Gene Lundy : [to Wiley]  Got a couple of beers?

  Frank Renda : Where is he?

  Gene Lundy : [directs a can of beer to Frank]  Want a beer?

  Frank Renda : WHERE IS HE?

  Gene Lundy : He turned himself in. They're holding him in Edna, last I heard.

  Wiley : It's kind of a tight fit, but it's got all the comforts of home, huh?

  Frank Renda : We're not home, my love, he is.

  Wiley : Frank, he's in jail, you're free. We can go anywhere you want.

  Frank Renda : There's only one thing I want.

  Gene Lundy : So, he gets out of jail, you have somebody kill him. It's the same difference, the dude's dead.

  Frank Renda : I said I want him, you understand? I want to look him in the face, hold a piece against his gut, and when I know that he's sure, I'm gonna kill him.

  Gene Lundy : Can I ask you a question? What, you just gonna walk up to that jail and ask those cops for a visitor's pass? How are you gonna get close to the dude?

  Frank Renda : You find that sucker he hit. Tell him to drop the complaint. It was all a mistake.

  Gene Lundy : Mm-hmm, suppose he doesn't want to do that?

  Frank Renda : I SAID TELL HIM, NOT ASK HIM! Then, you get a couple of our people. You find him, you call me, I come up, I'll have a talk with him, and then it's done.

  Gene Lundy : Frank, there's a dozen guys who would do it, guys who the cops aren't waiting to bust!

  Frank Renda : [enraged]  I SAID I WANT HIM! ME! Hey, I never killed anybody for free before, you see, but this one, I'm doing this as a special favor to myself and that's before I go to Matzatlan or lie on any beach! Am I getting through to you?

  [he goes to the back room and slams the curtain shut] 

• Gene Lundy : [Kopas and Lundy meet up with Renda and Wiley, coming back from a plane from Mexico, and gathers their luggage]  Hey, Frank. Smooth flight?

  Frank Renda : [getting out, mildly sarcastic]  Yeah.

  Gene Lundy : Rough, huh? Okay. Hey, Wiley, how you doing?

  [to Renda] 

  Gene Lundy : Your lawyer says he had to put up a bond, you gotta appear at some kind of hearing, but there's nothing he can nail you with.

  Wiley : [laughs]  God!

  Frank Renda : See?

  Wiley : Nothing like a little dumb luck, huh?

  Frank Renda : What do you mean, "luck"? The secret is, never run until you know you're being chased.

  Wiley : And have a fast lawyer available at all times.

  Frank Renda : Real fast.

  Gene Lundy : Hey, your lawyer, he's waiting at the lodge he rented for you.

  Frank Renda : Hey.

  Gene Lundy : He wants to talk to you.

  Frank Renda : Hey.

  Gene Lundy : Huh?

  Frank Renda : What about my melon picker?

  Gene Lundy : They turned him loose. That's the question, now, what the cops have in their minds.

  Frank Renda : No, the question is, what's he doing?

  Gene Lundy : [sighs]  He's around. We just saw him.

  Bobby Kopas : Probably at home, waiting on you. Uh, Mr. Renda, I was wondering if, when you finish him off, you let me put a couple slugs in him.

  Frank Renda : [unimpressed]  Who's this asshole?

  Gene Lundy : This is our friend, Bobby Kopas, the fellow Majestyk hit. He's been making sure nobody works for him, so there won't be a crowd hanging around there.

  Frank Renda : You know him good, huh?

  Bobby Kopas : Well, I know he's a stuck-up son of a bitch. He's got a few melons and think he's a big grower.

  Frank Renda : How long has he lived here?

  Bobby Kopas : Too long, huh?

  Frank Renda : [annoyed]  You know, it seems that I ask you questions and you don't answer them. I'll try you again. Would you like to show me where he lives?

  Bobby Kopas : Why, yes sir, any time.

  Frank Renda : Right now?

  Bobby Kopas : You bet.