“- 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

“There's not much chance I'm ever getting out of here. Those cops of yours are part of the reason. That's what we've got in common. I got my last armed robbery conviction behind them. The rest is my business.”
F. Murray Abraham - Virgil Cane

“For me it's simple. A golf course is for golf. A tennis court is for tennis. A prison camp is for escaping.”
Pierre Fresnay - Le captaine de Boeldieu

“- Girl In Cabin: I took this cruise to get myself out of the country.
- Steve: Why?
- Girl In Cabin: There's a stupid little murder warrant out for my arrest.”
Mary Miller - Girl In Cabin
Garry McClintic - Steve

“- Des: They're puttin' me in a foster home.
- Cory: No way. We'll just take off.
- Des: Where?
- Cory: Who cares? Vince and my Mom got me grounded so bad it's like jail. Been locked up for three weeks and I'm sick of it. I took off school at lunch today and I ain't goin' back. I want out.”
Brendan Fletcher - Des
Myles Ferguson - Cory