Bellman and True (1987)

Jim Dowdall: The Wheelman

Quotes 

• [the Wheelman is driving the getaway car after the robbery and hears on the police radio that the police are getting very close] 

  The Wheelman : I used to live round here. Hold tight.

  [he swerves onto a farm track, through some greenhouses and heads towards a fence] 

  Guv'nor : [shouts]  That's a bloody fence! Christ! Where are we going? You stupid... Where are we going now?

  The Wheelman : [calmly]  We can cut through round here, back onto the estate.

  Donkey : [shouts]  There's no road. Where is it? There's no road!

  [the Wheelman sees two garages with a narrow gap between them] 

  The Wheelman : Shit! These weren't here last year.

  Donkey : [ironically]  No? Well they're here now!

  Guv'nor : [shouts]  Where are you going, Richie?

  The Wheelman : Trying to get us out of here.

  Guv'nor : [shouts]  It won't work!

  [the Wheelman tries to get through the gap, but the car jams, so he reverses and tries again, repeatedly] 

  The Peterman : Can we get out!

  The Wheelman : That's what I'm trying to do.

  The Peterman : No, get out and walk.

  Donkey : [explains, as if to an idiot]  Look, you don't understand the basic laws of physics. The hole is too small.

  [after many attempts, the Wheelman manages to get the car through the gap] 

  Guv'nor : Have you *any* idea where you're going?

  [after narrowly escaping being crushed by an oncoming coach as they overtake a lorry, they arrive at some waste ground] 

  The Wheelman : [apologetically]  Sorry about the last bit, Guv. Bit untoward.

  Guv'nor : Don't worry, Richie. Anyone else would still be modifying greenhouses. Be lucky, son.

  [the Wheelman walks away and the rest of the gang get into a van] 

  Guv'nor : Come on! Let's get this bloody show on the road!

  The Peterman : What about the driver?

  Guv'nor : He's parking the Jag.

  [shot of the Wheelman in a JCB, pushing the car down a bank into a lake to hide it]