Iron Eagle II Quotes

Iron Eagle II is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Iron Eagle II ended in 1970.

It features Sharon Harel as producer, Amin Bhatia in charge of musical score, and Alain Dostie as head of cinematography.

Iron Eagle II is recorded in English and originally aired in Canada. Each episode of Iron Eagle II is 102 Minutes long. Iron Eagle II is distributed by TriStar Pictures.

The cast includes: Maury Chaykin as Downs, Uri Gavriel as Kashkin, Jason Blicker as Hickman, Louis Gossett, Jr. as Sinclair, Alan Scarfe as Vodovsky, Sharon Brandon as Zuyenko, Mark Humphrey as Cooper, Clark Johnson as Graves, Stuart Margolin as Gen. Stillmore, Alan Scarfe as Col. Vardovsky, and Colm Feore as Yuri Lebanov.

Iron Eagle II Quotes

Stuart Margolin as Gen. Stillmore

• (Stuart Margolin) "Pull up a chair. This is one hell of a mess isn't it? I know you've done your best, General, but in light of this catastrophe I'm going to have to recommend that this mission be canceled. It all seemed harmless enough at the time didn't it? Russian Military General, U.S. Defense secretary they get together. They figure a small tactical force would save more lives than the plan we offered them. Hell anyone could buy that, huh? But then they decide on this joint-forces bulls*** cause they think it'll get us a little further down the road to detente'. That's when I had to part company. You more than anyone Sinclair, you can see how that road leads to disaster."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "You set us up didn't you?"
• (Stuart Margolin) "What are you saying?"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "You know damn well what I'm saying. You had the deck stacked against us from the get go. You sent me the biggest bunch of misfits you could find. Knowing full well they couldn't get along with each other much less the Russians."
• (Stuart Margolin) "You're out of your mind."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Am I? I got proof right here."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "It's Major Bush's file. Open it."
• (Stuart Margolin) "Now look here --"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Open it."
• (Stuart Margolin) "What the hell am I supposed to find in here?"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Something that's not in there. Bush's medical record. I called his former C.O., told me all about it, said Bush has acute claustrophobia in tight terrain. That's something you boys conveniently left out of his flight record. He should never have been chosen for this mission. How could you do that?"
• (Stuart Margolin) "What would you've done you self-righteous son-of-a-bitch? Put us in bed with the Communists? Somebody's gotta do what's right for this country."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Yeah. Well. I'm sure Stratford is gonna want to hear that."
• (Stuart Margolin) "Hear about what? That you failed? Ha. He knows that. Anything else you tell him it'll be your word against ours. You really think he's gonna listen to a one star General put out to pasture?"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "May I be dismissed, sir?"
• (Stuart Margolin) "Gladly."

Sharon Brandon as Zuyenko

• (Sharon Brandon) "Do you have one of those macho call signs, like "Stud" or "Ace?""
• (Mark Humphrey) "Cobra. My callsign's Cobra."
• (Sharon Brandon) "Ah, the big-headed snake. It suits you."

Alan Scarfe as Col. Vardovsky

• (Alan Scarfe) "Mmmm. A drink General."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "How much of this did you know, Colonel?"
• (Alan Scarfe) "What? I have been relieved of my command just like you."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Oh, God you don't get it do you? They used you, man. They used me too."
• (Alan Scarfe) "Used us for what?"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "To fail, god damn it. God. Isn't it obvious by now? Look at this you got Yuri Lebanov, three times reprimanded by The Party. Georgi Koshkin: five years disciplinary duty in Siberia."
• (Alan Scarfe) "Thousands of innocent lives."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "What?"
• (Alan Scarfe) "Didn't they tell you?"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "No what?"
• (Alan Scarfe) "Our military commander is flying a plane to the target with full nuclear payload. Your military is doing the same. The fallout will wipe out every village within hundreds of miles of that gorge."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Well I'm not in the habit of failing. Our men are due to rotate out of here in the morning? You get them on the tar-mac first thing in the morning."
• (Alan Scarfe) "Ohh --"
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "You do it. You fill them in you tell them the story. Do it."

Maury Chaykin as Downs

• (Maury Chaykin) "You guys stole most of your stuff from us anyway."
• (Uri Gavriel) "All of it. We stole everything."

Clark Johnson as Graves

• (Clark Johnson) "Hey Downs, what do you do for a living?"
• (Maury Chaykin) "I blow up things, especially people. Bend over captain, I'll give you a demonstration."

• (Clark Johnson) "After enemy jet crashes into wall "Gotta watch those right turn's homeboy"."

Louis Gossett, Jr. as Sinclair

• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "They brought you all here to fail."

• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Man, if we get outta this thing, I want you to come to the States. I'll show you some stuff that you'll never believe."
• (Alan Scarfe) "No way, my friend. I'm told in the States they shoot Communists in the streets."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Hell, man. In Detroit, my hometown, they shoot EVERYBODY in the streets."

• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Did you tell them?"
• (Alan Scarfe) "Everything."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Well now you know."
• (Clark Johnson) "Yes, sir."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "That suits me just fine. I'm sick and tired of workin with a bunch of Commies anyway."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Hey, here's your chance."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Shoot one of them commie bastards."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Shoot one of them. Ohhh I get it you don't want to shoot an unarmed man. Koshkin come here."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "What's the matter. Don't any of you have the guts to shoot the enemy? Hey Cooper, Lebanov come here."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Here you go. Come on. Well, come on."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "That's what I thought. Nobody has the guts. You're losers that's what they said. They sent you guys here because they knew you were gonna fail, and you know what they picked right. But I'm grateful to you, you know I'm very grateful because you taught me something today you taught me something about courage. It took a lot of courage to come over here with a bunch of people from the other side when deep down you hated what they stood for. You know I'm really grateful it took a lot of courage to hold on to that prejudice when we fought so hard to cut it out of you. Very grateful, people. But as you fly out of here today I want you to ask yourselves one thing. Where was that courage when you had the chance to stop them from killing thousands of people who had no reason to die? Ah. Well you're transports will leave here in an hour, and you'll go home a bunch of failures and a bunch of losers."
• (Mark Humphrey) "General."
• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "All right we have less than 24 hours to prepare. We have to beat a couple bombers to the target."

• (Louis Gossett, Jr.) "Those fools in the tower know exactly what they're doing which is more than I can say for you bunch of idiots."

Colm Feore as Yuri Lebanov

• (Colm Feore) "There is no dignity for a pilot in being grounded, Captain. That is something for sure, that I know. You see, a comrade of mine was once great pilot. Now, he sits forever in wheelchair. Shells from your F-16 have chained him to it. As you have thought, I was there. But, my missile did NOT kill your friend. It was unfortunate day for all of us. Both sides were foolish. For that, I am sorry."

Jason Blicker as Hickman

• (Jason Blicker) "We've got a Five Ton Welcoming Committee homing in on us, and the son of a bitch ain't smiling."

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