To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
John Pankow: John Vukovich
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Quotes
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Credit Card Counterfeiter : Why are you chasing me?
John Vukovich : Why you running?
Credit Card Counterfeiter : 'Cause you're chasing me, man!
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John Vukovich : We got an FBI agent killed. You hear that?
Richard Chance : What do you want me to do about it, John?
John Vukovich : It's just a matter of time before they fuckin' identify us. They got a good look at us.
Richard Chance : A face is bullshit without a name.
John Vukovich : They got a make on the car!
Richard Chance : Look, they would have sent it out over the teletype if they had anything. They're grabbing at shit.
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[last lines]
John Vukovich : [to Ruth] You're working for me now.
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Bob Grimes : I don't have a lot of time. I'm in the middle of a trial.
John Vukovich : What kind of trial?
Bob Grimes : It's a dope case. Client got busted smuggling fifty pounds of cocaine. I should be able to get him off, though. Search warrant's weak.
John Vukovich : Weak?
Bob Grimes : Color of the house is listed as brown in the warrant, when in fact it's beige and yellow.
John Vukovich : You should be ashamed of yourself.
Bob Grimes : I don't make any apologies for being an attorney. If I didn't accept the case, somebody else would, without a doubt. Without a doubt.
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[Richard Chance is looking at the journal he took from Max Waxman's residence]
John Vukovich : It's a crime scene, buddy. The book is evidence. What if the cop remembers it's missing?
Richard Chance : Shit. The rookie couldn't remember what he saw. He wasn't in there long enough.
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[Vukovich has been given details about the prospect of testifying in court]
John Vukovich : But you can't get involved, right?
Bob Grimes : Not directly.
John Vukovich : What would it cost for your indirect involvement.
Bob Grimes : $50,000.
[pause]
Bob Grimes : I know it's a tough call, but it's one you're going to have to make rather quickly.
John Vukovich : I can't hand out my partner. I can't do it, even if I have to go to the joint.
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John Vukovich : So now you want to commit a robbery?
Richard Chance : I wouldn't call it that.
John Vukovich : What would you call it?
Richard Chance : Taking down a douche bag who's trying to break the law.
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John Vukovich : Why don't you just go over to this guy's house and blow his fucking brains out?
