Cliff Robertson credited as playing...
Tolly Devlin
- Tolly Devlin: [Leaning over Vic in his hospital bed] You're dyin', Vic. You know why you thought you saw me before? I'm a dead ringer for my father, Tom Devlin.
- Vic Farrar: [Weakly] Devlin?
- Tolly Devlin: Yeah. You beat him to death that night. You and your three pals. You remember, Vic?
- Vic Farrar: Forgive me.
- Tolly Devlin: Forgive you?
- Vic Farrar: I gotta die with a clean slate.
- Tolly Devlin: Who were the other guys?
- Vic Farrar: I'm no fink.
- Tolly Devlin: You want to meet your Maker with a clean slate, don't you?
- Vic Farrar: Yeah, yeah. I gotta.
- Tolly Devlin: You're gonna meet Him in a couple of minutes. Now you tell me who the other guys were.
- Tolly Devlin: Mr. Gela, when I was a kid, I seen a messy thing. I seen four shadows on a wall kill a guy. You know, I never could rub that out of my mind. 'Cause the guy was my old man.
- Gela: Huh?
- Tolly Devlin: That's right. You know, it took me 20 years to find the faces of them shadows. But I found 'em. The first guy... he conked out in a hospital asking me to forgive him. Vic Farrar. The second one... he's getting' the chair. Smith. The third one... he got barbecued. Gunther. There's one punk left, Mr. Gela. That's you. You wrap up the package.
- Tolly Devlin: You know them four gonzos that bumped my father off?
- Gela: Yeah?
- Tolly Devlin: They got paid off. Burned to death in a car wreck.
- Gela: Who told you that?
- Tolly Devlin: Vic. Died in my arms in a hospital. I ain't takin' no package from you.
- Gela: You tryin' to tell me that you're dumpin' 50 grand just because of sentiment?
- Tolly Devlin: It would be like tappin' my own father.
- John Driscoll: What are you going to do now?
- Tolly Devlin: I'm gonna get married. I'm gonna get married and I'm gonna dump my trade.
- John Driscoll: What about Connors?
- Tolly Devlin: I'm gonna dump him too. I want to start from scratch. Me and my broad.
- Cuddles: I never felt like this before.
- Tolly Devlin: How do you feel?
- Cuddles: Well, some women, when they kiss, blush. Some call the cops. Some swear, some bite. Some laugh, some cry. Me? I die, Tolly. I die inside when you kiss me.
- Gus Cottahee: Remember that bookkeeper Menken who bribed the police chief?
- Tolly Devlin: Yeah.
- Gus Cottahee: His kid was killed by a hit and run?
- Tolly Devlin: Yeah. I read about it.
- Gus Cottahee: I ran her down. I just found out where he's holed up.
- Tolly Devlin: So what's the gun for?
- Gus Cottahee: Connors wants me to break you in. See how you operate. We're going to wipe out Menken, his wife and his other kid. Oh, and Cuddles. Mr. Connors tells me she's the broad that sung on Smith.
- Tolly Devlin: Yeah?
- Gus Cottahee: Yeah.