Skyjacked (1972)

Charlton Heston: Henry O'Hara

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• [first lines] 

  John Bimonte : [seeing Hank as Hank is doing his walk-around the aircraft]  Hey, Hank! Ready to go.

  Henry O'Hara : Wrong! You got a broken cowling latch here.

  John Bimonte : What the hell? I'll get right on it.

  Henry O'Hara : Take all the time you want, John. You got ten minutes.

• Henry O'Hara : [over the P.A]  I'd like to repeat one thing: this threat is probably a hoax. There is no real cause for alarm. Anchorage is a routine destination for Global. I've told you substantially everything there is to know, but I promise you I'll pass on any further information as soon as I get it. Well, one good thing: all drinks are on the airline for everyone. You can unfasten your seat belts, but keep an eye on the sign as we turn into the airport. Thank you.

• Henry O'Hara : [on approach to Anchorage]  Okay Air Force, you on the line?

  Sgt. Ben Puzo : Yes sir! Sergeant Ben Puzo. Trust your soul to God, Captain, because your ass belongs to me.

  Robert Grundig : Sergeant! Regulations don't permit that kind of language!

  Henry O'Hara : Screw the regulations! Sergeant, I accept your offer.

• Jerome K. Weber : [seeing the crew trying to get the FBI agent out of the cargo hold]  All right, close it up!

  Henry O'Hara : There's a man down in that hold! We're almost at thirty-nine thousand feet, he'll freeze to death!

  Jerome K. Weber : You put a Federal bastard on *my* aircraft?

  [Weber cracks O'Hara in the face] 

  Jerome K. Weber : Okay, Captain, you want him, go get him!

  Jerome K. Weber : [after cracking O'Hara in the face again]  That's what you get for doing your duty! It's standard! More?

  Henry O'Hara : You're not going to touch me again!

  Jerome K. Weber : [pointing his gun at O'Hara]  I'll kill you!

  Henry O'Hara : Not me, not anybody on this airplane. You need me. There's no Moscow unless that man comes up out of there! Nobody dies on my airplane! Not me, not him...

  Henry O'Hara : [motioning to the agent]  ... not them...

  Henry O'Hara : [motioning to Sam and John]  ... not even you, you son of a bitch!

• Sam Allen : [O'Hara having tossed him an object that the hijacker had placed in the plane's restroom]  What is it?

  John Bimonte : Some kind of a detonator.

  Henry O'Hara : It's disarmed.

  John Bimonte : What good is it?

  Henry O'Hara : Well, he left it in the head to prove he wasn't bluffing.

  Sam Allen : How do we know it's a "he"? I mean, the guys I know don't usually wear lipstick.

  John Bimonte : [scoffing]  Maybe it's some menopausal broad?

  Henry O'Hara : Knock it off! Break out the computer, John.

  John Bimonte : Anchorage?

  Henry O'Hara : Anchorage!

• Henry O'Hara : Tell me, do you know which passengers used that john before you found the message?

  Angela Thacher : It could have been anyone in First Class.

  Henry O'Hara : What about a passenger from Economy?

  Angela Thacher : Not on my flight.

  Henry O'Hara : One couldn't slip through?

  Angela Thacher : No. No, our hijacker's strictly First Class.

• Henry O'Hara : Keep it normal, keep it light. Keep your heads.

• Henry O'Hara : Lipstick, cello cases, fishing rods - this is nowhere!

• Henry O'Hara : One good thing: all drinks on the airline for everyone.

• Henry O'Hara : I'm going to get through this goddamn weather and set down in Anchorage if I have fly this thing through an iceberg.

• Henry O'Hara : We've been holding the extra altitude just in case. There maybe rocks in these clouds.

• Henry O'Hara : My foot's falling asleep.

  Jerome K. Weber : I had a buddy who had his foot and his leg and his nuts blown off when he - so, don't fall asleep, Captain.

• Jerome K. Weber : Killing doesn't hurt. Anybody want a drink?

  Henry O'Hara : No thanks. We've got our checklists.

• Jerome K. Weber : Mr. Allen, don't budge your ass.

  Henry O'Hara : Let them get off.