The Being (1981)

Bill Osco: Mortimer Lutz

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• Laurie : But if this thing is actually killing people, then why is the mayor trying to keep it quiet?

  Detective Mortimer Lutz : Potatoes

  Laurie : Potatoes?

  Detective Mortimer Lutz : Around here that means big money.

• Garson Jones : Dumping toxic waste into the aquifer does not, and will not, affect the water supply for this town.

  Detective Mortimer Lutz : [watching Garson on the TV]  Yeah, right. Pretty soon we'll all be glowing in the dark.

• Garson Jones : The only explanation I have is it's some sort of genetic freak. A mutation- its chromosomes must have been severely damaged at conception. Continual exposure to high radiation levels has created something completely unfamiliar to us.

  Detective Mortimer Lutz : But why is it so intelligent?

  Garson Jones : It's conceivable it can use a higher percentage of its brain- and at the same time, be completely psychotic.