Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Lee Purcell: Wiley
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Quotes
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Wiley : [Frank and Wiley enter their new cabin lodge, where they meet Frank's lawyer, Dick Richard] Hello, Richard.
Dick Richard : Wiley. Hello, Frank.
Frank Renda : Hello, Dick.
[astonished by the quality of the house]
Frank Renda : Hey!
Dick Richard : How do you like it?
Frank Renda : It's not bad.
Wiley : Looks like a dude ranch.
Dick Richard : Belongs to a stockbroker I once represented.
Frank Renda : Yeah, and where's he? In jail?
Dick Richard : Lewisburg, as a matter of fact.
Frank Renda : I figured.
Dick Richard : [chuckling] Conspiring, they say. To defraud the United States government.
[Frank goes to the bar to pour himself a drink]
Wiley : I'll have one, too. I can use it.
Dick Richard : Frank, where you been? Looking at melon fields?
Frank Renda : I've been busy.
Dick Richard : You're out on $5,000 bond, pending a district court examination in ten days.
Frank Renda : [agitated] What are you talking about? I thought I was clear.
Dick Richard : Oh, you are, but they have to go through the motions.
[Frank makes an exasperated groan]
Dick Richard : Frank, this is not the time to do anything impulsive.
Frank Renda : There's a melon I gotta pick.
Dick Richard : Also, there are some very big offers that have come in. Big offers from big people. Now, what am I supposed to tell them?
Frank Renda : [heading towards the stairs] You tell them I got something to do.
Dick Richard : Frank.
Frank Renda : Hey, if they don't like it, tough shit. Okay?
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Frank Renda : [Lundy is showing Frank and Wiley the inside of their new, spiffy camper] A regular vacation, huh?
Gene Lundy : Yeah.
Frank Renda : Having a good time?
Gene Lundy : I could use a rest. That stunt, hitting that bus, it took a couple years off me, man.
Frank Renda : Where is he?
Gene Lundy : [to Wiley] Got a couple of beers?
Frank Renda : Where is he?
Gene Lundy : [directs a can of beer to Frank] Want a beer?
Frank Renda : WHERE IS HE?
Gene Lundy : He turned himself in. They're holding him in Edna, last I heard.
Wiley : It's kind of a tight fit, but it's got all the comforts of home, huh?
Frank Renda : We're not home, my love, he is.
Wiley : Frank, he's in jail, you're free. We can go anywhere you want.
Frank Renda : There's only one thing I want.
Gene Lundy : So, he gets out of jail, you have somebody kill him. It's the same difference, the dude's dead.
Frank Renda : I said I want him, you understand? I want to look him in the face, hold a piece against his gut, and when I know that he's sure, I'm gonna kill him.
Gene Lundy : Can I ask you a question? What, you just gonna walk up to that jail and ask those cops for a visitor's pass? How are you gonna get close to the dude?
Frank Renda : You find that sucker he hit. Tell him to drop the complaint. It was all a mistake.
Gene Lundy : Mm-hmm, suppose he doesn't want to do that?
Frank Renda : I SAID TELL HIM, NOT ASK HIM! Then, you get a couple of our people. You find him, you call me, I come up, I'll have a talk with him, and then it's done.
Gene Lundy : Frank, there's a dozen guys who would do it, guys who the cops aren't waiting to bust!
Frank Renda : [enraged] I SAID I WANT HIM! ME! Hey, I never killed anybody for free before, you see, but this one, I'm doing this as a special favor to myself and that's before I go to Matzatlan or lie on any beach! Am I getting through to you?
[he goes to the back room and slams the curtain shut]
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Gene Lundy : [Kopas and Lundy meet up with Renda and Wiley, coming back from a plane from Mexico, and gathers their luggage] Hey, Frank. Smooth flight?
Frank Renda : [getting out, mildly sarcastic] Yeah.
Gene Lundy : Rough, huh? Okay. Hey, Wiley, how you doing?
[to Renda]
Gene Lundy : Your lawyer says he had to put up a bond, you gotta appear at some kind of hearing, but there's nothing he can nail you with.
Wiley : [laughs] God!
Frank Renda : See?
Wiley : Nothing like a little dumb luck, huh?
Frank Renda : What do you mean, "luck"? The secret is, never run until you know you're being chased.
Wiley : And have a fast lawyer available at all times.
Frank Renda : Real fast.
Gene Lundy : Hey, your lawyer, he's waiting at the lodge he rented for you.
Frank Renda : Hey.
Gene Lundy : He wants to talk to you.
Frank Renda : Hey.
Gene Lundy : Huh?
Frank Renda : What about my melon picker?
Gene Lundy : They turned him loose. That's the question, now, what the cops have in their minds.
Frank Renda : No, the question is, what's he doing?
Gene Lundy : [sighs] He's around. We just saw him.
Bobby Kopas : Probably at home, waiting on you. Uh, Mr. Renda, I was wondering if, when you finish him off, you let me put a couple slugs in him.
Frank Renda : [unimpressed] Who's this asshole?
Gene Lundy : This is our friend, Bobby Kopas, the fellow Majestyk hit. He's been making sure nobody works for him, so there won't be a crowd hanging around there.
Frank Renda : You know him good, huh?
Bobby Kopas : Well, I know he's a stuck-up son of a bitch. He's got a few melons and think he's a big grower.
Frank Renda : How long has he lived here?
Bobby Kopas : Too long, huh?
Frank Renda : [annoyed] You know, it seems that I ask you questions and you don't answer them. I'll try you again. Would you like to show me where he lives?
Bobby Kopas : Why, yes sir, any time.
Frank Renda : Right now?
Bobby Kopas : You bet.