In Cold Blood (film) Quotes

In Cold Blood (film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . In Cold Blood ended in 1970.

It features Richard Brooks as producer, Quincy Jones in charge of musical score, and Conrad Hall as head of cinematography.

In Cold Blood (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of In Cold Blood (film) is 135 minutes long. In Cold Blood (film) is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The cast includes: Robert Blake as Perry, Scott Wilson as Dick, John Forsythe as Alvin Dewey, John McLiam as Herbert Clutter, Will Geer as Prosecutor, and Brenda C. Currin as Andy.

In Cold Blood (film) Quotes

Robert Blake as Perry

• (Robert Blake) "Look at me boy. Take a good look. Cause I'm the last living thing you're ever gonna see."

• (Robert Blake) "I'd like to apologize, but -- who to?"

• (Robert Blake) "I despise people who can't control themselves."

• (Robert Blake) "It's true. Really true. We're on our way and never coming back. Never. And no regrets."
• (Scott Wilson) "For you. You're leaving nothing. What about my old man -- and my mother? They'll still be there when my checks start bouncing."
• (Robert Blake) "It's nice the way you think about your folks."
• (Scott Wilson) "Yeah. I'm a real thoughtful bastard."

• (Robert Blake) "Do you have any aspirin? They took my aspirin away."
• (John Forsythe) "Fellin' bad?"
• (Robert Blake) "My legs do."

• (Robert Blake) "When you hit the end of the rope -- your muscles lose control. I'm afraid I'll mess myself."
• (Prison Guard) "It's nothing to be ashamed of. They all do it."

• (Robert Blake) "It doesn't make sense. I mean what happened. It had nothing to do with the Clutters. They never hurt me. They just happened to be there. I thought Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman -- I thought so right up to the time I cut his throat."

• (Robert Blake) "That was stupid; stealin' a lousy pack of razor blades. To prove what?"
• (Scott Wilson) "It's the national pastime, baby, stealin' and cheatin'. If they ever count every cheatin' wife and tax chiseler, the whole country would be behind prison walls."

• (Robert Blake) "Stick 'em up."
• (Robert Blake) "Hey, buddy."
• (Robert Blake) "How long you been standin' there?"
• (Scott Wilson) "Long enough to catch your late late show."

Scott Wilson as Dick

• (Scott Wilson) "Hey, Buddy, put in a call for that big, ol' Yellow Bird."

• (Scott Wilson) "Did you see those guys? They coulda robbed us."
• (Robert Blake) "What of?"

• (Scott Wilson) "Next move -- Mexico. Once we beat it out of the country."
• (Robert Blake) "On what? $43 and a smile and bulls***."
• (Scott Wilson) "You guessed it, chief. It's the smile that does it. Like it says in the commercials, the family that sticks together lives forever."

• (Scott Wilson) "I don't know gold dust from diarrhea."

• (Scott Wilson) "Hey Andy, do them books say what happens when you hang?"
• (Brenda C. Currin) "Neck breaks --"
• (Brenda C. Currin) "crap your pants."

• (Scott Wilson) "I'm SICK of it, maps, buried treasure, ALL OF IT. So ship it, burn it, get RID of that ton and a half of garbage. There AIN'T no buried treasure, and even if there WAS, boy, hell, you can't even swim."

• (Scott Wilson) "Did you ever hang any paper?"
• (Robert Blake) "I couldn't cash a check, even if it was good."

Will Geer as Prosecutor

• (Will Geer) "Mercy for them. The killers. How fortunate that their amicable attorneys were not present at the Clutter house on that fateful evening. How very fortunate for them that they were not present that evening to plead mercy for the doomed family, because otherwise, they would have found their corpses too. If you allow them life imprisonment, they will be eligible for parole in 7 years. That is the law. Gentlemen, 4 of your neighbors were slaughtered like hogs in a pen by them. They did not strike suddenly in the heat of passion, but for money. They did not kill in vengeance, they planned it for money. And how cheaply those lives were bought. $40. $10 a life. They drove 400 miles to come here. They brought their weapons with them."
• (Will Geer) "This shotgun."
• (Will Geer) "This dagger."
• (Will Geer) "This is the rope they hogtied their victims with."
• (Will Geer) "This is the blood they spilled. Herb Clutter's. They who had no pity, now ask for yours. They who had no mercy, now ask for yours. They who shed no tears, now ask for yours. If you have tears to shed, weep not for them, weep for their victims."
• (Will Geer) "From the way the Holy Bible was quoted here today, You might think the word of God was written only to protect the killers, but they didn't read you this: Exodus 20:13: "Thou shalt not kill." Or this: Genesis 9:12: "Who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.""

John McLiam as Herbert Clutter

• (John McLiam) "Why do you boys want to do this?"
• (Scott Wilson) "Shut up."

John Forsythe as Alvin Dewey

• (John Forsythe) "Someday, somebody will explain to me the motive of a newspaper. First, you scream, "Find the bastards." Till we find them, you want to get us fired. When we find them, you accuse us of brutality. Before we go into court, you give them a trial by newspaper. When we finally get a conviction, you want to save them by proving they were crazy in the first place."

• (Reporter) "They say Nancy's boyfriend is the prime suspect."
• (John Forsythe) "Is that what they say?"
• (Reporter) "Well, he was the last one to see them alive."
• (John Forsythe) "Except for the killers."

• (Reporter) "I see, the hangman's ready. What's his name?"
• (John Forsythe) "We the People."

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