Jail Matron Quotes in The Gauntlet (1977)

Ben Shockley: [to the prone female inmate feigning sleep] Hit the deck, Mally.

[to the warden]

Ben Shockley: Did she have anything to eat?

Jail Matron: Just a cup of coffee this morning.

Ben Shockley: [inspecting the empty mug] Yeah. Looks like she smoked a few cigarettes and put the ashes in the coffee.

[the girl lifts up her head to look at him]

Ben Shockley: Old army trick. She wanted to look sick.

Gus Mally: [jumps up from the bunk, tries darting away, is caught] Let me go! They're gonna kill me! I want a fucking lawyer!

[he slaps her, she falls back onto the bunk, looking up at him ruefully]

Gus Mally: Terrific! My life on the line and they send me an on-the-ropes bum!

Ben Shockley: What kind of record she have?

Jail Matron: Hooker.

Ben Shockley: [to the girl] You see, we got a problem, you and me. We don't like each other very much, but we have to take a trip together. Now you can come along peacefully or you can be a pain in the ass. But I'm warning ya, you mess around and I'll put the cuffs on you. You talk dirty, I gag ya, if you run, I'll shoot you. My name is Shockley, and we've got a plane to catch. Let's go.