“What kind of a monster am I? I mean, we can't have two men in the same cell. That's not humane. Well, there's only one thing to do. We'll just have to have an execution tonight.”
Rod Steiger - Kallin

“- Hugh Lang: My clients don't go to jail, Mr. Carr.
- Avington Carr: Oh, he's going to jail. He belongs in jail. You bet your ass he's going to jail. The only question is, is he going to die in jail?”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Peter Gerety - Avington Carr

“Death row? You mean like the chair, the hot seat, dead meat, deep 6, it's over pal, you're outta here bub, the groundhog's are bringing you your mail, you're picking turnips with a step ladder, the no tomorrow row? That kind of row? Oh no. The row?”
Jim Varney - Ernest P. Worrell

“Prison sucks. I have to escape.”
Harrison Ford - Dr. Richard Kimble

“- Ed: You mean you busted out of jail.
- Evelle: No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance.
- Gale: What Evelle here is trying to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us.”
Holly Hunter - Ed
William Forsythe - Evelle
John Goodman - Gale