Fighting Mad (1976)
Harry Northup: Sheriff Len Skerritt
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Quotes
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Sheriff Len Skerritt : [after arriving to break up a street fight and points his shotgun] Everybody freeze!
[to Tom]
Sheriff Len Skerritt : Drop that iron!
[Tom tosses it to the ground, but it ends up hitting one of the workers on the foot]
Sheriff Len Skerritt : Or am I going to have to start kicking asses and taking names?
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Pierce Crabtree : You play, sheriff?
[Serves a tennis ball]
Pierce Crabtree : I don't play games.
Pierce Crabtree : It's not a game. It's a sport.
Sheriff Len Skerritt : Don't have time for them, either.
Pierce Crabtree : I told you to arrest the Hunter boy.
[Firmly serves a ball to his opponent]
Pierce Crabtree : Not half the people in the valley! You know, sheriff, a lot of folks didn't like the looks of all those old people being brought into town in handcuffs.
Sheriff Len Skerritt : You didn't tell me to make any arrests, Mr. Crabtree. I acted on by a complaint from a citizen. You.
Pierce Crabtree : What about my bulldozer? You could have held him on that, at least.
Sheriff Len Skerritt : I don't know that he did it. Whoever did do it, they did a damn good job. Didn't leave a trace.
Pierce Crabtree : I hate to say it, sheriff, but perhaps I should call on the FBI since this sabotage is too much for you local boys.
Sheriff Len Skerritt : My oldest brother's in the FBI. You can get back to your game, now, Mr. Crabtree. I'll just be running along.
Pierce Crabtree : Just a minute, sheriff. You should take up tennis. You might learn to like it.
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Sheriff Len Skerritt : [after he gets knocked down by an enraged Tom and and angrily fires his gun in the air] DON'T FUCK WITH ME!