The French Connection (1971)
Roy Scheider: Buddy Russo
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Quotes
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : You dumb guinea.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : How the hell did I know he had a knife.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Never trust a nigger.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : He could have been white.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Never trust anyone!
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : You wanna play "hide the salami" with his old lady?
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : If that's not a drop I'll open up a charge for you at Bloomingdale's.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Make it Alexander's Toy Department.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : We got the information there's no shit on the street. Right? It's like a god damn desert full of junkies out there. Everybody waiting to get well.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : What was the weight of the car when you got it, Irv?
Police Mechanic : 4795 pounds.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : You sure?
Police Mechanic : That's what it was: 4795 pounds when it came into the shop.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Owners manual says 4675. That's 120 pounds overweight. And when it was booked into Marseilles it was 4-7-9-5. That's still 120 pounds overweight! Jimmy's gotta be right.
Police Mechanic : [Defensively] Listen, I ripped everything outta there except the rocker panels.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : C'mon Irv, what the hell is that!
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Pay attention, we're gonna ask questions later!
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Walt Simonson : Brooklyn is loaded with guys that own candy stores, two cars, and like to go to nightclubs!
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Yeah, but you put this little candy store hustler together with Joel Weinstock and maybe we got a big score!
Walt Simonson : Score, my ass!
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Walt Simonson : Buddy, here's the warrant. The court order's in there for the wiretap, the judge gave you sixty days on it. Tell Doyle that Mulderig and Klein will sit in for the Feds. They'll make all the buys. Be sure you keep them informed of everything that goes down.
Walt Simonson : [to Mulderig] You know Doyle, don't you, Bill?
Bill Mulderig : Yeah, I know Popeye. His brilliant hunches cost the life of a good cop.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Hey look, if this is the way you're coming in on this, why don't you stay home and save us all a lot of grief?
Bill Mulderig : Because that's my opinion!
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Shove it up your ass.
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : That's the third time he's come here this week. Got anything on this building?
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : The building's clean. I checked the tenant list. Remember Don Ameche, the actor? He lives here.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : [Cloudy walks in Popeye's apartment and finds Popeye with his ankle handcuffed to the bed] What happened?
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : [Yawns] That crazy kid. She locked me up with my own cuffs.
[sighs]
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Where's the keys?
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : The other guys a Frog too. He checked into the Edison. Had a hooker sent up.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : [to Popeye, when he finds a pair of panties on the floor] Hello. These yours, darling?
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : What about the last of the big-time spenders; you make him?
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : No.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : He's spreadin' it around like the Russians are in Jersey.
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Walt Simonson : Do you believe all this crap?
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : [after a pause] I go with my partner.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : [handing him a cup of cheap coffee during a stakeout] You want the red or the white?
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Pour it in your ear.
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Get the warrants?
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Yeah. We also got two Feds. Mulderig and Klein.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : Oh, what do we need those pricks for?
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : Mulderig. You shot Mulderig.
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle : She's only 19, according to the marriage certificate.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : More 19 going on 50.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo : [to Devereaux, as the police are about to return the brown Lincoln after they've stripped it] It's in perfect shape, not a scratch. You must lead a charming life.