Steve Walker Quotes in Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

Steve Walker: You took that money.

Blackbeard: Money? Money... OH, the odd flimsy I removed from the pocketbook of your book-ish wench.

Captain Blackbeard: What manner of craft be this we're cruisin' in?

Steve Walker: It's an automobile.

Captain Blackbeard: Eh?

Steve Walker: An automobile!

Captain Blackbeard: Oh, is it? Yes. An "automotonus". Yes, "auto-some-o-nee-mones!"

Steve Walker: It's that rotten pirate, he did it!

Steve Walker: [referring to Blackbeard] You know something, I think I'm really gonna miss the old scoundrel.

Prof. Jo Anne Baker: You know something? I loved you even when I thought you were nuts.

Head Official: Hey Coach! Shockley Just cleared 6' 11. And they're trying for 7 feet!

Steve Walker: Our Shockley?

Gudger Larkin: Hey Coach! Shockley Just cleared 6' 11. And they're trying for 7 feet!

Steve Walker: Our Shockley?

Blackbeard: I did have a treasure. I had a big treasure. Lovely, I did. But I spent it all in one week. Among the flesh pots and gambling hells of Port Royal oh what a glorious week!

Steve Walker: Oh you know what you are? You are a total loss you're not even a respectable ghost! You're a phoney! A phoney!

Steve Walker: I don't think you're real and I don't think that sword is real. I'm going to walk straight through it and go to bed!

Steve Walker: David, I don't want to beat around the bush. I came to tell you that you're gonna stop seeing Nicole. Now, either you're as smart as you think you are and you'll just go away, or else you're gonna make things a lot harder on yourself than they have to be.

David McCall: You know, Steve, you're really not a faggot.

Steve Walker: ...What?

David McCall: No, I'm serious. You seem like a pretty solid guy; you should lighten up on yourself.

Steve Walker: We're not talkin' about me, we're talkin'...

David McCall: Yes we are. That's what this whole thing's about, Steve. Your inadequacies. Your fears.

Steve Walker: You just wait a minute...

David McCall: Listen to me. See, I'm hip to your problems. All of 'em. I know you abandoned Nicole when she needed you most... 'cause I licked her sweet tears. I know about things comin' apart at work. Maybe you fuckin' lost it in that department. I also know you ain't keepin' up, so to speak, your end of the bargain with the missus. 'Cause if you were she wouldn't be all over my stick. Relax, Steve. We're friends. We're practically family.

Steve Walker: I want you to understand somethin', pal. If you don't disappear from my family's life, I'm gonna rip your balls off and shove 'em so far up your ass they'll come out your fuckin' mouth! You got that, my friend?

Nicole Walker: Dad?

Steve Walker: Daughter?

Nicole Walker: Is it absolutely mandatory that I see James Taylor again?

Steve Walker: When did you ever see a James Taylor concert?

Nicole Walker: You, me, Mom, summer of '85. Does that ring any bells?

Steve Walker: '85? You'd have been...

Nicole Walker: Six.

Steve Walker: Oh, come on, that doesn't count. I'm surprised you even remember it.

Nicole Walker: I don't think there's a thing that's ever happened - or not happened, for that matter - that I don't remember. You're the one who blocks out the past.

Steve Walker: Nicole, I don't block out anything. It just takes longer to... sort through 40 years of... data than it does 16.

Nicole Walker: Maybe you oughta consider upgrading to a faster chip.

Steve Walker: [laughs] You know, sometimes you're pretty funny.

Nicole Walker: I have my moments.

Steve Walker: [after finding Nicole's note - "I'm sorry if I caused you to worry. It's over with David" - he checks on his daughter in her bedroom] Nic?

Nicole Walker: Please, Dad. I don't want to talk about it. I just want to be alone.

Steve Walker: Okay... The pain will go away, honey. I promise.

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE] How about the scars? Will those go away, too?

Steve Walker: ...I'm not sure. I hope so.

[He retires]

Laura Walker: What's the big deal?

Steve Walker: The big deal, Laura, is that the guy gives me the creeps, and the girl is my daughter.

David McCall: [preparing to execute Steve] Daddy, you will forever hold your peace.

[Nicole produces the "peace pipe" letter-opener and buries it in David's back]

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: deadpan] Oh, no you don't.

[as David gets up and turns to face Nicole, she stands ready for him, despite no longer being sure of what he intends to do with her. Then Steve gets up and pounces on David from behind. They fight murderously as Nicole looks on in tears. Finally, Steve gets the upper hand; he choke-holds David, while turning toward Nicole's bedroom window]

Steve Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE] ... I've spent my whole life taking the easy way out, David. Now, IT'S YOUR TURN!

[David is thrown headlong through the window and plummets to his death. Steve then turns back to face Nicole]

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: softly] ... Dad, are you all right?

Steve Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE] ... I didn't abandon you this time.

[She runs into his arms and they hug each other]

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: sobbing] ... I wanted to save David from himself, in spite of everything. I'm sorry I couldn't.

Steve Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE] Well, I didn't do so hot either, not on that score... But I think we BOTH did the next best thing, don't you?

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: forcing a smile] Touché, Dad.

[Laura, Margo and Toby come in and group-hug them both]

Nicole Walker: [her first line, as she comes in for breakfast wearing a sexy minidress - and notices Steve's disapproving gaze] What?

Steve Walker: Nothin'.

Nicole Walker: Dad, you're looking at me like you didn't know who I was or something.

Steve Walker: No, no. I was just thinking that maybe you'd like Laura to take you to buy new clothes.

Laura Walker: What she's got on is brand-new.

Steve Walker: *This* is NEW?

Nicole Walker: Yeah. Why? What's wrong with it?

Steve Walker: It looks like something you wore when you were 12.

Nicole Walker: Yeah, so?

Steve Walker: Look. All I'm saying is that it's - it's... What? I'm not allowed to have an opinion?

Nicole Walker: No, Dad; *you're* allowed to do whatever you want. *I'm* the one who needs permission to breathe. So may I please go to school now, Father?

Toby: [his first line, as he comes in] Good morning, everybody.

[CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: wolf-whistles]

Toby: That dress looks great on you, Nicole.

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: grins in spite of herself] Thanks, I *think*.

[she departs]

Steve Walker: Have a nice day, Nicole.

[to Laura]

Steve Walker: Does *that* count as quality time?

Laura Walker: [as she and Steve are leaving for Vancouver; to Nicole and Toby] The number of the hotel is by the phone. So just rent some videos, call Domino's, and try not to kill each other.

Nicole Walker: I'll try and restrain myself.

Toby: Relax, Mom. If she gives me any trouble, I'll just sic Kaiser on her.

Nicole Walker: Ooh-whoo; I'm shaking.

Toby: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE] You're right, that was a bluff; he likes you more than me, anyway.

Steve Walker: Try and have a nice time, Nic. Life is short. But nobody in the house but you and Toby. You hear me?

Nicole Walker: I hear you, Dad.

Steve Walker: Smile?

[she forces a smile]

Toby: [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE] That won't be a problem; none of the kids at school like me enough to come over.

[last lines]

Steve Walker: [physically fighting David] Now, you get out of here!

Steve Walker: [on the phone] ... Okay, fine. You're right. It's not an emergency. All the same, could I please talk to the people that try and solve murders - ? Jesus!

Toby: [sees Kaiser's head poking through the "doggy door"] Come on. That's a good boy.

[the dog's head, and ONLY its head, is shoved through and rolls across the floor]

Nicole Walker: Come here, Toby. Over here.

[He runs into her arms and they hug each other]

Nicole Walker: ... I'm sorry you had to see that, bro.

Steve Walker: [still on the phone] ... Yeah, um - My - My name is Steven - Hello - Hello? HELLO?... The phone is dead.

Terry: You're next, man!

[Steve begins to rush after him, but Laura stops him]

Laura Walker: No, wait! We don't know whether he's alone out there. Here, security will come.

[She taps a control panel repeatedly, but nothing happens]

Steve Walker: There's not even a siren.

Laura Walker: Well, Larry will still get the signal.

Steve Walker: No, it's disconnected. The system works through the phone lines...

Margo Masse: Nicole, can I borrow him?

[Nicole nods and dismissively pats Toby's shoulder]

Margo Masse: Over here, Toby.

[He goes over to Margo and they share a tender embrace]

Laura Walker: ...It doesn't matter. No one is getting in here. You designed it, remember? Reinforced doors. No entry without the code.

Nicole Walker: Dad...? David's got the code.

[There is a beeping as David punches in the entry code. Steve hits the manual override just in time, thus keeping the door locked. There is banging and pounding as David's hoods attempt to break in through the windows and side doors]

Steve Walker: Nicole, take Margo and Toby up to your room and stay there.

Nicole Walker: Will *you* be okay?

Steve Walker: Laura and I will be fine. Laura, get the flashlight. Then turn off every light in the house!

[Halfway up the stairs, Nicole screams as Logan leers in at her through a skylight]

Steve Walker: *Nicole!* I'm counting on you three guys to make sure they don't get in from upstairs! If that happens...!

Nicole Walker: I get it, Dad. Good luck to you.

Steve Walker: Thanks, now GO ON! AND LOCK YOUR DOOR!

[as Nicole ushers Margo and Toby to her room, Steve turns back to Laura]

Steve Walker: Turn the flashlight off. I don't want them to know where anybody is.

[the doorbell rings continuously]

Steve Walker: No one's gonna hurt our family, honey. No one!

[Upstairs, Nicole sits with Toby on her bed while a tearful Margo paces the floor nearby. Toby gazes around the darkened room, and then forces a smile at his sister]

Toby: [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] ... You always said, if you ever invited me in here, it'd be the greatest day of my life.

[Nicole returns the smile and kisses him tenderly]

Nicole Walker: [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] I'm still working that one out; give me time.

[Margo sobs loudly]

Nicole Walker: I'll be right back, Tobster.

Margo Masse: Oh, they're gonna kill us, just like they killed Gary.

Nicole Walker: Don't say that. You need to calm down.

[Toby notices Terry outside the bedroom window, and waves for the girls' attention. Margo screams, while Nicole produces an umbrella]

Nicole Walker: Toby! Coming through!

[as Toby rejoins Margo, Nicole jabs Terry with the umbrella and he plummets to the yard below. Toby is duly impressed]

Toby: [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE] Take a bow, Rapunzel.

[In response to the joke, Nicole beams at him and flips her hair, a la "CHARLIE'S ANGELS"]