The Kremlin Letter (1970)

Richard Boone: Ward

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• Ward : Nephew, they say that heroes can't imagine their own death and that's why they're heroes. You go 'em one better. You imagine you're immune to violence.

• Ward : Now look, I think we've left no stone unturned. But let's not kid ourselves. If any of us is caught there's only a remote possibility we'd be mistaken for Russians. Keep in mind that close examination takes time, and that time they use on you could let the rest of us escape.

  Highwayman : Don't be too quick to die.

• Ward : I don't know what they taught you in the classroom about intelligence and espionage. Everything I know, I learned on the street, but I can assure you of one thing: It has no size, no shape and no rules. At the very best it's what you least expect so you've gotta be ready for anything.

• Ward : By the by, how are you on tortillas and frijoles and all that kind of crap?

  Charles Rone : So, I'm goin' to Mexico.

  Ward : Yes sir, you're goin' to Mexico to pick up Lord Ashley's Whore. You're gonna rustle up the Warlock in San Francisco and then make tracks to Chicago for the Erector Set. Tell them the Tillinger Foundation is planning an expedition.

  Highwayman : I'm sure about the others, but The Whore might not want to come.

• Ward : There are only two bedrooms in Potkin's apartment, which should make it very convenient for our younger associates. We all know you've been shackin' up together.

• Ward : What a spot for Bresnavitch to be in. He could take his pick of the masterpieces, destroy the files and unload the paintings through his boyfriend in Paris.

• Ward : Your file says you're as smart as they come. But smart don't matter a damn unless you're quick too. You gotta be both. See?

• Charles Rone : I think I'm a superior combination of intellect and physique, athlete and scholar. When a risk is to be run, i formulate the ideal procedure and calculate the chances involved with exquisite precision. If the percentages are sufficiently in my favor, i put myself into motion, having absolute confidence in the performance of my reflexes.

  Ward : [laughs]  Nephew, the truth is you are full of yourself.

• Ward : Comrade, she can still be saved, if only you agree. If you don't agree, we will turn her into the most perverted human being our minds can conceive. And when we're finished with her, we'll start on your other daughter and your wife.

• Ward : Well, we've all done our homework on Polakov's file. Our first objective is to find his contact. It could be a hophead, a fag, a voyeur. We'll start our search in the sewers of Moscow. The Whore will push hard narcotics. The Warlock: art and homos. Rone, B.A., your assignments after we get to Moscow.

• Ward : Hoo-Wee! What a break. Kosnov's bride. Nephew, i want you to go to town. Give her the works. Don't want that woman to have one thing to complain about. Now, how's about you and me celebrating? Champagne and oysters. Plenty of oysters.