White Lightning (1973) Poster

Burt Reynolds: Gator McKlusky

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Quotes 

  • Vinnie Carruthers : What happened to you?

    Gator McKlusky : I was tryin' to save these two buddies of mine from getting knocked up by a homosexual.

    Vinnie Carruthers : Oh, praise God!

  • Gator McKlusky : You two are more fun than going to an all-night dentist.

  • Big Bear : [holding a knife at Gator's throat]  You can eat my grub... I'll let you haul my whiskey... but don't you ever do me no *wrong*!

    Gator McKlusky : How'd you like that knife shoved up yer ass?

    Big Bear : [long pause]  I wouldn't like that at all.

  • Gator McKlusky : [after Jenny told him the details of how his brother, Donny, had been arrested by the sheriff, before being murdered]  You know something? I just got out of prison. Running cars, stealing cars, running moonshine. I ain't never... I ain't never done nothin' good in my whole life. And then along come Donny. And he's the only one that ever went to school. The only one that ever accomplished anything. The only one who ever did anything in the whole family... What the hell does it mean?

  • Gator McKlusky : [upon meeting Sheriff Connors]  Only two things in the world I'm scared of.

    Sheriff Connors : Only sacred o' two things? Whats that?

    Gator McKlusky : Women and the po-lice.

    Dude Watson : [laughing nervously]  Women and the police.

    Sheriff Connors : You spend all your time tryin' to hump 'em both. Don't ya.

    Gator McKlusky : Yeah.

    [Gator and Connors both laugh] 

  • Roy Boone : Hey, Gator. Tell me somethin'. Was you scared back there when ol' Big Bear pulled that pig sticker on you?

    Gator McKlusky : Hmph... Scared shitless.

  • Lou : What you is writing in that little book about?

    Gator McKlusky : I'm writin the story of my life, Darlin'.

    Lou : Yea?... Am I in it?

    Gator McKlusky : You're workin on it.

  • Roy Boone : Ready?

    Gator McKlusky : I was born ready!

  • [last line] 

    Gator McKlusky : The good, they die young!

  • Gator McKlusky : You damn peanuthead, you don't know your can from second base, you know that?

    Roy Boone : I don't have to take that crap from nobody!

    Gator McKlusky : You super giant ass!

    [a fight breaks out] 

  • Gator McKlusky : Where the hell am I?

    Lou : Oh, you're at Sister Linda Fay's Home for Unwed Mothers.

    Gator McKlusky : No shit!

  • Dude Watson : Now why do you wanna take down names of folks tryin' to make a living with shine?

    Gator McKlusky : Oh. I'm only gonna nail one person. J.C. Connors.

    Dude Watson : [laughs]  J.C. Connors? Shoot, you may as well swim on over to China and get ol' Mao Zedong. Bye bye.

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