Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)

Ken Wahl: Corelli

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• Morgan : [after Murphy failed to shoot down a purse snatcher who outran him]  You'll catch a heart attack before you catch a nigger, Tarzan.

  Corelli : What's his problem?

  Murphy : He thinks I'm a liberal.

• Corelli : Look on the bright side, though. We get our names in the papers, right? We're gonna be real serious on t.v. Hey, you know, with your good looks, maybe you get to ball an anchor lady.

  Murphy : Yeah?

  Corelli : Yeah.

  Murphy : Not with my luck. If it was raining anchor ladies, I'd get hit with Walter Cronkite.

• Corelli : That's a nice coat. How'd you like me to cut it open, let all the rats out.

  Pimp : This coat cost more than you make in a year, motherfucker.

  Murphy : He knows your name.

  Corelli : Told you I was famous.

• Theresa : Andy?

  Corelli : [sleepily]  Hmm?

  Theresa : I'm glad we did it.

  Corelli : Glad we did what?

  Theresa : Wise guy...

  [pauses, then] 

  Theresa : Andy?

  Corelli : [sleepily]  Hmm?

  Theresa : Did you enjoy it?

  Corelli : [smiles]  Yeah, it was all right...

  Theresa : It was just all right?

  Corelli : Well, there's wasn't enough pepperoni on it, and the anchovies tasted like shoe leather.

  Theresa : I didn't mean the pizza, I meant me.

  Corelli : [turns over to face her]  Oh, you? Yeah. Yeah.

  [they snuggle closer] 

  Corelli : But there wasn't enough pepperoni on it, and the anchovies tasted like shoe leather...

  Theresa : [laughing]  Shut up, just shut up...

• Murphy : That's just talk, Andy, and you know it. We both know what's right. We ain't got the guts to do it.

  Corelli : Guts? What are you talkin', guts? You mean brains, don't ya? Shit, I'll go through fire with you Murph, and you know I will. But I gotta live with these guys. You turn a cop in, and you're finished. Might as well quit the force and move out of the city. Even if you get a transfer, your rep follows you around. It just ain't worth it. Especially when you won't be doing anybody any good. I ain't a stool pigeon, Murph. I'm sorry.

• Corelli : What? You mean you're gonna leave me alone up here in the garden spot of the Western world?