Fletch (1985)

Robert Sorrells: Marvin Stanwyk

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Quotes 

• [Fletch is interviewing Alan Stanwyk's parents, Marvin and Velma] 

  Fletch : You folks don't mind if I ask you a couple of questions, do you?

  Marvin Stanwyk : Shoot.

  Fletch : Thank you very much. We'll start with some routine things. You and your wife are currently alive, I take it?

  [beat] 

  Marvin Stanwyk : Harry, if there's...

  Fletch : It's just regulations.

• [Fletch arrives at the farm of Alan Stanwyk's parents, Marvin and Velma in Utah] 

  Fletch : Good afternoon!

  Marvin Stanwyk : Howdy.

  [Fletch notices Marvin is looking at his rental car which has a destroyed back windshield] 

  Fletch : They should recall these things. Hit one bump and the window explodes. You're Marvin Stanwyk?

  Marvin Stanwyk : Yeah.

  [shakes hands with Fletch] 

  Fletch : Hi there. I'm Harry S. Truman, Casewell Insurance underwriters.

  Marvin Stanwyk : "Harry S. Truman"?

  Fletch : My parents were fans of the former president.

  Marvin Stanwyk : Isn't that nice? He was a good man.

  Fletch : He sure was.

  Marvin Stanwyk : He showed the Japs a thing or two.

  Fletch : Dropped the big one, huh?

  Marvin Stanwyk : He dropped two big ones on them!