Tom Farrell Quotes in No Way Out (1987)

[Contra has chased Tom right up to the Secretary's Office when they are stopped by the MPs]

Tom Farrell: [to nearest MP] I am your superior officer and I am giving you a direct order to *arrest this man*!

Contra #2: I have orders from Pritchard!

Tom Farrell: DO IT!

Contra #2: I have my orders from Pritchard!

Tom Farrell: [to Contra] SHUT UP!

[Tom kicks Contra 2 in the groin. Contra is dragged away by the MPs]

Tom Farrell: And if he resists, SHOOT HIM!

MP: Yes, sir!

[last lines]

Schiller: [speaks Russian] We thought we'd never see you again.

Tom Farrell: [speaks Russian as well] So did I.

Schiller: Couldn't you have manage this better?

Tom Farrell: Not so fast, it's difficult for me to follow in Russian.

[switches back to English]

Tom Farrell: It's been very long for me.

Schiller: How thirsty you must be for the sound of our language.

[switches to English]

Schiller: Evgeny Alexeivich, wouldn't you love to hear Russian again? Imagine Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy...

Tom Farrell: ...Solzhenitsyn, Aksyonov.

Schiller: [chuckles] Even them, always the sense of humor. In the Philippines, when you passed a bag of underwear, Moscow wasn't amused. I should've acted then. In any case, it's no longer possible for to remain United States. This bizarre incident has given them their Yuri. Evgeny, think. THINK! You're a hero of the Soviet Union.

Tom Farrell: [darkly] I'm not a hero.

Schiller: Be that as it may, you must return!

Tom Farrell: [annoyed] I came here! I thought I owed you that - but you can't make me go back.

[Tom leaves until the two men cock their guns]

Schiller: No! Let him go.

[Tom resumes in leaving]

Schiller: He'll come back. Where else can he go?

Tom Farrell: [Sees the two thugs leaving for Nina's apartment] Hey! You two!... Scott, where are they going?

Scott Pritchard: What's the matter?

Tom Farrell: Laurel and Hardy. Where are they going?

Scott Pritchard: Who's that, Tom?

Tom Farrell: You know who I mean. The bookends.

Scott Pritchard: I sent them on an errand.

Tom Farrell: You murdered Sam, didn't you? You son of a BITCH...

[knocks Scott to the ground]

Scott Pritchard: [Gets up; brandishing a pistol] You have NO IDEA what men of POWER can *DO*!

Susan Atwell: It's David Brice, Secretary of Defense. Satisfied?

Tom Farrell: You know I work for Brice?

Susan Atwell: I guess that makes two of us.

Tom Farrell: Who are these men?

Scott Pritchard: They're associated with Special Forces.

Tom Farrell: What? What does that mean?

Scott Pritchard: It means that they were Special Forces, now they're *associated* with Special Forces.

Tom Farrell: [to Contra 1] You work in Nicaragua?

[Contra 1 nods]

Tom Farrell: [to Contra 2] You with the Death Squads?

Tom Farrell: [to Scott] They're with the Death Squads!

Susan Atwell: Are you one of them?

Tom Farrell: One of what?

Susan Atwell: These hypocrites. All posh and shiny getting ready for four more years of ramming it to the rest of us.

Tom Farrell: You're pretty cynical.

Susan Atwell: Adequate to the occasion.

[Tom and Susan are making out in the limo when Tom notices the driver is watching them]

Tom Farrell: What's your name?

Bill the Limo driver: Bill.

Tom Farrell: Hi Bill. Could you close the slide, please.

Bill the Limo driver: Uh, sure.

Susan Atwell: [as the window goes up] Sorry, Bill.

Quartermaster: We've got a Soviet submarine out there. Captain wants us to track it 'til morning.

Tom Farrell: Good. It'll give us a chance to test the depth charges.

Quartermaster: Yeah. That'll be the day.

Scott Pritchard: [about Brice] He's the most extraordinary person I've ever met in my life. If it came to it, I'd lay down my life for him.

Tom Farrell: Is that a job requirement?

Tom Farrell: [one of the Contras tries to follow Farrell into the bathroom] I would rather do this myself. You can listen if you want to.

Susan Atwell: [as Brice is approaching the house] I-I'm begging you. Please just go now out the back door. I-I'm sorry. It's...

Tom Farrell: When I go, it'll be through the front door.

Tom Farrell: Let's get out of here.

Susan Atwell: My date's not going to like that much. But what the hell, his wife will be delighted.

Sam Hesselman: [looking at Susan's murder evidence] Who is this bimbo, anyway?

Tom Farrell: She's dead.

Tom Farrell: [Sarcastically about Brice] He has great warmth.

Scott Pritchard: He's a genius. The normal rules don't apply.

Susan Atwell: I'll call you later tonight.

Tom Farrell: I'll wait by the phone.