Inspector Daniels Quotes in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Lt. Garber: [looking for the inspector] Inspector Daniels?

Inspector Daniels: [identifying himself] Daniels.

Lt. Garber: [realizing inspector Daniels is black] Oh, I, uh, thought you were, uh, like a shorter guy or... I don't know what I thought.

Mrs. Jenkins: Grand Central Tower calling Command Center.

Lt. Garber: Yeah, this is Command Center.

Mrs. Jenkins: She's moving.

Lt. Garber: Who's moving?

Mrs. Jenkins: Pelham One Two Three.

Lt. Garber: What? Since when?

Mrs. Jenkins: Just started.

Lt. Garber: Hold on, I'll put you on tie-in.

Lt. Garber: Rico, she's moving.

Lt. Rico Patrone: Who's moving?

Lt. Garber: Who d'ya think? Pelham.

Lt. Rico Patrone: It's too soon, we're not set up yet.

Lt. Garber: Which is probably why they did it. You heard from Daniels yet?

Lt. Rico Patrone: Yeah, he's in a squad car on Park Avenue South.

Lt. Garber: Inspector Daniels, she's moving, sir.

Inspector Daniels: Who's moving?

Lt. Garber: What's the matter with everybody? How many hijacked trains we got around here, anyway?

Lt. Garber: Inspector, that short move they made between 28th Street and 17th Street - why did they do that?

Inspector Daniels: I don't know.

Lt. Garber: Suppose they wanted to do something they didn't want anybody else to know about?

Inspector Daniels: Like what?

Lt. Garber: Like jumping off the train! Turn around, Inspector, we're going back to 17th Street.

Inspector Daniels: Like hell we are!

Lt. Garber: They are not on the train. I'm sure of it!

Inspector Daniels: Look, Garber, I suggested that in the first place and you shot me down. Something about a dead man's feature?

Lt. Garber: But they figured out how to beat that! That's their plan! That's what they started with!

Inspector Daniels: [to his driver] Turn this thing around and burn rubber.

Inspector Daniels: You better be right about this, Garber.

Lt. Garber: Well, even if I am, it's probably too late.

Inspector Daniels: Garber, I just had a terrible thought: suppose they're not on the train? What if they set the throttle and jumped off? While we're chasing the train, they're sneaking out of an emergency exit somewhere behind us.

Lt. Garber: Ingenious thought, sir, except for one thing: it's impossible.

Inspector Daniels: Why?

Lt. Garber: Little gizmo known as a dead man's feature. It was built into the controller handle in case a motorman should ever drop dead. The controller handle has to have a man's hand pressing down on it hard at all times. Otherwise, the thing don't work. The train stops cold.

Inspector Daniels: Uh-huh. I see.

Lt. Garber: Nice try, though.

Lt. Garber: Inspector Daniels? She's moving, sir.

Inspector Daniels: Who's moving?

Lt. Garber: What's the matter with everybody? How many hijacked trains have we got around here, anyway?