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Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

James Tolkan: Strickland

Back to the Future Part II

James Tolkan credited as playing...

Strickland

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  • S. S. Strickland: Is that liquor I smell Tannen?
  • Young Biff: Ahhh, I wouldn't know. I don't know what liquor smells like, cuz I'm too young to drink it.
  • Marty McFly: [reading a newspaper] 1985... it can't be...
  • [shotgun cocks behind him]
  • S. S. Strickland: Drop it!
  • [Marty drops the newspaper]
  • S. S. Strickland: So you're the son of a bitch who's been stealing my newspapers.
  • Marty McFly: Mr. Strickland! Mr. Strickland. It- it- it's me, sir. It's Marty!
  • S. S. Strickland: Who?
  • Marty McFly: [terrified] Marty McFly! Marty McFly! Don't you know me, sir? From school, sir!
  • S. S. Strickland: I've never seen you before in my life, but you look to me like a slacker!
  • Marty McFly: Yeah! That's right! That's right, I am a slacker! Don't you remember, you gave me detention last week!
  • S. S. Strickland: Last week? The school burned down six years ago! Now you got exactly three seconds to get off my porch with your nuts intact! One!
  • Marty McFly: [screams] Oh, please! Mr. Strickland! I just wanna know what the hell's going on here!
  • S. S. Strickland: Two!
  • Marty McFly: [covers groin] Ahhhhh!
  • [gang members in a truck round the corner]
  • Gang Member: Hey, Strickland!
  • [they do a drive-by]
  • Marty McFly: [covering his ears] Ah! Ah! Oh! Oh!
  • [jumps over porch]
  • S. S. Strickland: [fires two rounds] Eat lead, slackers!
  • S. S. Strickland: Sports statistics. Interesting subject. Homework, Tannen?
  • Biff Tannen: No, it ain't homework, 'cause I ain't at home.
  • S. S. Strickland: [giving him an authoritative shove] You've got a real attitude problem. You know that, Tannen? Just watch it. Because one day, I'll have you right where I want you, in detention. Slacker!

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