“Bat*21” quotes

(1988)
Movie Bat*21
Title Bat*21
Year 1988
Director Peter Markle
Genre Drama, War
Plot – A plane is shot down in the skies of Vietnam. The only survivor is Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton, a rocket scientist that US army must recover. He's wanted by Vietnamese too, so Hambleton becomes the protagonist of a huge manhunt and he can rely only on an experienced pilot to survive.
All actors – Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson, Joe Dorsey, Michael Ng, Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong, Don Ruffin, Scott Howell, Michael Raden
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  • “- Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton: Bird Dog, I killed a man today. He wasn't even a soldier; he just kept coming. I couldn't stop him. I didn't want to do it. I never had to do anything like that before in my life.
    - Captain Bartholomew Clark: Listenhere, Bat 21. I never met you, but you don't sound like a killer to me. I'm sure you couldn't stop...” (continue)
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    Gene Hackman - Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton
    Danny Glover - Captain Bartholomew Clark
  • “Let's get the basic relationship down... I'm the lifeguard, you're the drowning man. If you relax, I can bring you to shore. If you fight me, then I'll have to slap you around.”

    Danny Glover - Captain Bartholomew Clark
    [Tag:calmness, helping]
  • “- Colonel George Walker: When he gets back here, sergeant, I'm throwing his ass in the stockade!
    - Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh: We don't have a stockade, sir!
    - Colonel George Walker: I'll build one!”

    Jerry Reed - Colonel George Walker
    Clayton Rohner - Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
    [Tag:prison, promises]
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