Robert Shaw credited as playing...
Blue
- Mr. Blue: Ladies and gentlemen, it might interest you to know that the City of New York has agreed to pay for your release.
- [Hostages cheer]
- Old Man: Excuse me, sir. Would you mind telling us now how much you're getting?
- Mr. Blue: Why is that of interest to you, sir?
- Old Man: Well, a person likes to know his worth.
- Mr. Blue: One million dollars.
- Old Man: That's not so terrific.
- Mr. Blue: Excuse me, do you people still execute in this state?
- Lt. Garber: What? Oh, execute. No, not at the moment.
- Mr. Blue: Pity.
- [he then steps on the 3rd rail - electrocuting himself]
- Mr. Blue: It is 2:24, Lieutenant, you've got 49 minutes.
- Lt. Garber: Be reasonable, will you? We're trying to cooperate with you but we can't do anything if you don't give us enough time to work with.
- Mr. Blue: 49 minutes.
- Lt. Garber: We're dealing with City Hall, for God's sake, you know what a mess of red tape that is?
- Mr. Blue: 49 minutes.
- Lt. Garber: Look, fella, we know how to tell time as well as you do, but we're not gonna get anywhere if all you do is repeat forty-nine minutes!
- Mr. Blue: Forty-*eight* minutes.
- Lt. Garber: Yeah, all right, we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
- [after shutting off the mic]
- Lt. Garber: Son of a bitch.
- 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: Now, then, ladies and gentlemen, do you see this gun? It fires 750 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition per minute. In other words, if all of you simultaneously were to rush me, not a single one of you would get any closer than you are right now. I do hope I've made myself understood.
- Mr. Blue: Officer, I suppose you couldn't use a quarter of a million dollars, could you?
- Lt. Garber: Quarter of a million? No, thanks. My accountant says I've accepted enough for this fiscal quarter.
- 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. Blue: Keep those children quiet!
- The Mother: I'm trying, I can't.
- Mr. Blue: Do you want me to try?
- The Mother: Oh my God, no!
- Lt. Garber: Hey Pelham; it might interest you to know I figured out how you're gonna do it.
- Mr. Blue: [Mr. Blue, sitting in the motorman's car, picks up the mic] Yes, it would interest me vey much .
- Lt. Garber: You're gonna make every man, woman and child in New York City close their eyes and count to a hundred, right?
- 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.
- 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.