Police Chief Link Mattocks Quotes in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Tell the Captain he's under arrest.

Lieutenant Rozanov: But I...

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Tell the Captain he's under arrest!

Lieutenant Rozanov: [in Russian; subtitled] The policeman says you are under arrest.

The Russian Captain: [laughs loudly; in Russian, subtitled] Tell him that I'm going to blow this town to pieces!

Police Chief Link Mattocks: [to Rozanov] What did he say?

Lieutenant Rozanov: [in English] Well, he's angry, yes. He says, "you stupid idiot," he will blow up the town.

Alice Foss, Telephone Operator: Well, I'm sorry to bother you, Chief Mattocks, but I just had a call from Muriel Everett.

Police Chief Link Mattocks: What is it, what's she want?

Alice Foss, Telephone Operator: She was shouting that I should call you, because according to her - well, Muriel said the Russians have landed!

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Want to give me that again, Alice?

Alice Foss, Telephone Operator: Muriel said the Russians have landed, whatever that means, Chief. And she said they were attacking her personally!

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Remember last time, when she called about that Peeping Tom - you know who that was, don't you? It was that Luther Grilk's horse.

Police Chief Link Mattocks: I thought all the nuts went home on Labor Day.

Police Chief Link Mattocks: [to the Russian sub captain after telling him that he's under arrest] All right, let's have your name and address.

Lieutenant Rozanov: [translating in Russian] He wants our address.

The Russian Captain: [to the Russian sailors; in Russian] Point your gun... take aim right between their eyes!

[after the Russians in the boat eluded capture]

Fendall Hawkins: I'm holding you responsible!

[draws sword]

Fendall Hawkins: As Commander of the Civilian Forces, in this emergency! I'm charging you with treason!

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Gimme that thing!

[grabs his sword and breaks it in half]

Fendall Hawkins: [half tearful-half enraged] That's a Dexter F. Mettles Memorial Sword.

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Yeah.

Fendall Hawkins: [enraged] You traitorous fink!

[goes for Mattocks, resulting in a brawl]

Fendall Hawkins: That's a Dexter F. Meadows Memorial Sword.

Police Chief Link Mattocks: Yeah?

Fendall Hawkins: You traitorous fink.

Police Chief Link Mattocks: [to the Russian Captain] You come in here, scaring people half to death. you steal cars and motorboats, and you cause damage to private property and you threaten the whole community with grievous bodily harm and maybe murder. Now, we ain't going to take any more of that, see? We may be scared, but maybe we ain't so scared as you think we are, see? Now you say you're going to blow up the town, huh? Well, I say, all right! You start shooting, and see what happens!