Cannonball! (1976)
David Carradine: Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman
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Quotes
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Linda Maxwell : I knew you couldn't pass up this damn race.
[flashes badge]
Linda Maxwell : Consider yourself busted.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [shoves badge aside] Don't give me that crap, Linda.
Linda Maxwell : Now, you know what happens to parolees who cross state lines without permission?
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : I don't give a damn about that red tape. My brother put up six thousand dollars for this car. I've got a chance to win with it. Our whole future is at stake.
Linda Maxwell : One speeding ticket and you're back in prison. That's our future. Coy, you know how I feel about you. I've never pulled rank on you before, but I'm legally responsible.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : That's a technicality. This race is my last chance to get my career back together.
Linda Maxwell : Oh, face facts, Coy. Your whole racing career ended when that girl died.
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Linda Maxwell : Coy! You're not going to make me drive all the way to the airport?
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Hell, I'm not. You're my security, in case we run into the cops.
Linda Maxwell : Somehow, I'm going to have to explain this to the board when we get back.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Yeah, they'll love it when they hear about your method of rehabilitation.
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Linda Maxwell : [after Coy is unable to pass Wolfe Messer] I thought this car could beat anything on the road.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : This car's a winner.
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Cameraman in Helicopter : [Coy is followed into the garage where he is to stamp the winning ticket] How'd you avoid the big pile-up, Cannonball?
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : What pile-up?
Bennie Buckman : It was just a couple cars that crashed on the freeway. It was nothing.
Cameraman in Helicopter : Nothing? You call seventeen people in the hospital nothing? It all started with the red Trans Am. We thought it was you, at first.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Linda and Zippo were in that car. Bennie, what the hell's going on?
Bennie Buckman : They're fine. Come on, will you?
[to the cameraman]
Bennie Buckman : Just leave us alone, huh?
Cameraman in Helicopter : I saw the whole thing from the copter. I'm afraid the driver bought the farm. Somebody picked the girl up. Must have taken her to a hospital.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : What hospital?
Brad Phillips : St. Paul's. Glenfield, New Jersey.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [starting to leave] How do I get there?
Bennie Buckman : [grabs Coy's arm] Coy!
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Bennie, what the hell is this?
Bennie Buckman : Just stamp the ticket, will you? Go easy on your brother. I busted a lot of asses to get you here, today.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Busted whose asses?
Bennie Buckman : Never mind. Just stamp the ticket and we'll go find Linda and Zippo.
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [starts to put the ticket into the time clock, but stops] Bennie... it was you that blew up the German driver, wasn't it?
Bennie Buckman : Look, will you just stamp the goddamn ticket? You can't win the race until you've stamped the ticket!
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : I won the race.
Bennie Buckman : Coy, this is important to me. It's not just the money. My life is on the line.
[notices Coy is ripping the ticket to pieces]
Bennie Buckman : What are you doing?
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [stuffs the pieces into Bennie's jacket pocket] Here, keep it as a souvenir from Zippo. If you want it stamped, stamp it yourself.
[to the crowd]
Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : How do I get to the hospital?
Team Manager : Come on, Coy. I'll take you. We've got a lot to talk about.
[as everyone leaves, Benny angrily throws the ticket pieces on the floor as Lester and his bodyguard walk in]
Lester Marks : Well, Bennie... you and I have a lot to talk about, too. Let's conduct Mr. Buckman to my car.
[they walk towards Benny, who knows that his time on earth is about to end]