10 to Midnight (1983)

Charles Bronson: Leo Kessler

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Quotes 

• Leo Kessler : [referring to a masturbatory device found in Warren's apartment]  You know what this is for, Warren? It's for JACKING OFF!

• Laurie Kessler : That's some lunch, Dad. Coleslaw and quiche?

  Leo Kessler : [looking down at his food grimly]  I hate quiche.

  Canteen Cashier : Then why did you get it?

  Leo Kessler : I thought it was pie!

• [last lines] 

  Warren Stacy : Go ahead, arrest me. Take me in. You can't punish me. I'm sick. You can't punish me for being SICK! All you can do is lock me up. But not forever. One day I'll get out. One day I'll get out. That's the law! That's the law! That's the LAW! And I'll be back! I'll be BACK! And you'll hear from me! You and the WHOLE FUCKING WORLD!

  Leo Kessler : No, we won't.

  [shoots him] 

• Leo Kessler : We talked to everybody that went out with her, maybe you could shed some light on what we learned?

  Warren Stacy : [as Kessler pulls out diary]  What's that?

  Leo Kessler : It's Betty's diary, we got it from her roommate. She kept what you might call a graphic record of her experiences. For instance: "So conceited that when he said did I want to go to bed with him, it was like he was doing me a favour." That's Larry Williams. You know him?

  Warren Stacy : No.

  Leo Kessler : [reading from diary]  "Always talking about his Corvette and cabin cruiser, but never once bothered to mention having a wife." George Latham. You know him?

  Warren Stacy : [agitated]  No.

  Leo Kessler : [reading from diary]  "Good-looking but what a creep. Makes my skin crawl. I told him to get lost. Creep called me up again. Creep asked me to the office picnic. I said I had a date. He said I was lying. That made me mad. I said I wouldn't go with him if he was the last man alive." You know who that is?

  [Warren doesn't answer] 

  Leo Kessler : I'll give you a hint: YOU!

• Medical Examiner : [38:03]  Death was caused by the severing of the intestines and major arteries causing massive hemorrhaging.

  Leo Kessler : This is all alright but can you tell us something that we can use?

  Medical Examiner : The Johnson girl's blood type is the least common: AB-. In addition, there's evidence of a hepatitis infection, now dormant.

  Captain Malone : Was this girl raped, doc?

  Medical Examiner : There's no evidence of forcible entry.

  Leo Kessler : I could have told you that, ya know.

  Medical Examiner : On the basis of what?

  Leo Kessler : If anybody does something like this, his knife has gotta be his penis.

• Leo Kessler : You go in that courtroom and forget what's legal and do what's right.

• Leo Kessler : [answering phone]  Yeah, hello. Hello?

  Warren Stacy : How you doing, Mr Kessler? Enjoying yourself? I am. I told you what a dirty shit you are. Now the whole world knows, right?

  [Kessler remains silent] 

  Warren Stacy : What's the matter, cat got your tongue? To forgive is divine, they say. But I don't aspire to being an angel, know what I mean? You tried to kill me, I owe you for that. And I always try and pay what I owe. Be seeing you, Mr Kessler.

  Leo Kessler : [hangs up and nods]  Likewise, Mr Stacy.

• Leo Kessler : I remember when legal meant lawful. Now it means loophole.