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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Martin Balsam: Green

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Martin Balsam credited as playing...

Green

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Quotes10

  • Mr. Green: Look, I got my rights! This is my home! I just want a little peace and quiet. Now, just do me a favor, willya? Get the hell out of here!
  • Lt. Garber: Sorry if we bothered you, Mr. Longman. C'mon, Rico.
  • [Mr. Green sneezes]
  • Lt. Garber: Gesundheit.
  • [beat, then Garber reopens the door, to glare knowingly at Mr. Longman, who, he's now certain is 'Mr. Green']
  • Mr. Blue: The Africans used to pay me five thousand.
  • Mr. Green: Five thousand a month? Geez...
  • Mr. Blue: For leading a battalion.
  • Mr. Green: What the hell'd you get out of that for?
  • Mr. Blue: Because the market dried up.
  • Mr. Blue: Will you go back and mind the passengers, please? I do not want Mr. Brown and Mr. Grey left alone with them.
  • Mr. Green: Don't you trust them?
  • Mr. Blue: I trust Mr. Brown, I do not trust Mr. Grey. I think he's an enormous, arrogant pain in the ass who could turn out to be trouble. I also think that he is mad. Why do you think they threw him out of the Mafia?
  • Mr. Green: Oh, terrific.
  • Mr. Green: What's your name, motorman?
  • Denny Doyle: Uh, Denny Doyle.
  • Mr. Green: Ever get written up?
  • Denny Doyle: Uh, yes, sir. Once.
  • Mr. Green: What for?
  • Denny Doyle: Running a red signal. How about you?
  • Mr. Green: Twice. Once on the Canarsie...
  • Mr. Blue: That's right, Mr. Green. Tell Mr. Doyle all about yourself, will you?
  • Denny Doyle: You're still in switching. Why don't you peg it up to series? You're green all the way.
  • Mr. Green: Nah, we're in no hurry.
  • [Mr. Green sneezes]
  • Denny Doyle: Cold sounds pretty bad.
  • Mr. Green: I don't know. I woke up in the middle of the night.
  • [bright flash followed by a loud 'bang']
  • Mr. Green: Sheesh.
  • Mr. Blue: What happened?
  • Mr. Green: Must have bucked.
  • Mr. Blue: You told me you could drive this thing.
  • Mr. Green: It wasn't me.
  • Denny Doyle: No, it was the train. She bucks all the time, especially in that switching. She's a dog.
  • Mr. Blue: What did they catch you doing?
  • Mr. Green: Nothing. They framed me. The beakies needed a fall guy.
  • Mr. Blue: The beakies?
  • Mr. Green: Transit cops. Undercover guys. They got wind of a gang passing dope, you know, transporting from downtown uptown and giving it to a motorman, somebody picking it up in Harlem. They tried to pin the evidence on me but they didn't find anything.
  • Mr. Blue: You were innocent?
  • Mr. Green: Course I was innocent. Do you think I'd do a thing like that? What's the matter with you?
  • Mr. Green: I'm taking your brake handle, and the reverse key,
  • [sneezes]
  • Mr. Green: . I want your cut-in key also.
  • [Doyle hands them to Mr. Green]
  • Mr. Green: That's it.
  • Mr. Blue: You'll be hearing from Command Center in a minute or two. You won't answer; you'll ignore the call. Is that perfectly clear, My. Doyle?
  • Denny Doyle: Oh yeah, yes, sir, they can call all they want to. I'm deaf.
  • Mr. Green: I think I might die today.
  • Mr. Blue: That's entirely possible.
  • Denny Doyle: You're still in switching. Why don't you peg it up to series? You're green all the way.
  • Mr. Green: Nah, we're in no mach schnell.
  • [Mr. Green sneezes]
  • Denny Doyle: Cold sounds pretty bad.
  • Mr. Green: I don't know. I woke up in the middle of the night.
  • [a bright flash comes from the track, followed by a bang]
  • Mr. Green: Sheesh.
  • Mr. Blue: What happened?
  • Mr. Green: Must have bucked.
  • Mr. Blue: You told me you could drive this thing.
  • Mr. Green: It wasn't me.
  • Denny Doyle: No, it was the train. She bucks all the time, especially in that switching. She's a dog.
  • Mr. Green: [Mr. Gray opens the storm door for Mr. Green] Thanks, Mr. Gray.
  • Mr. Gray: Don't mention it, uh, Mr. Green, right?
  • Mr. Green: Right.

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