Stingray (1978)

Les Lannom: Elmo

Quotes 

• Al : Crawl down behind the seats.

  Elmo : What?

  Al : Well, the car is already a different color. They're looking for two guys. Let's make it a guy and girl. Now, crawl down behind the seats.

  Elmo : Well, hey, I'd rather drive.

  Al : You ruined my day and you ruined my car. Now, get your ass behind those seats before I ruin your life!

  Elmo : Pardon me while I climb behind the seats.

• [last lines] 

  Al : Hey, wait a minute! We still have to return that money to the police.

  Elmo : Well, if that what you think's best.

  Al : It's not ours. We have to.

  Elmo : I know that.

  Al : Do you have a better plan?

  Elmo : I thought about this. Wait, wait, wait, you're going to love this. Al, you ready? Bolivia.

  Al : [Exasperated]  Oh, no. I knew I didn't want to hear it.

  Elmo : Well, I knew you'd love it.

  [laughs] 

• Dew Drop Inn Waitress : [after Elmo accidentally makes Al rips out the receiver in the phone booth]  Hey, you freaks! What have you done to the phone?

  Al : Do you have another phone? This one seems to be out of order.

  Elmo : [hastily]  Al, will you just get over here, please?

  Al : [annoyed]  Elmo, what the hell is going on? We agreed to call the police!

  Elmo : [softly]  Just keep it down, will you? Keep it down. Look at this.

  Al : [after looking at the bag of heroin]  Is that what I think it is?

  Elmo : [Elmo takes a lick of the heroin, then looks disgusted]  What's this stuff supposed to taste like? This is awful.

  Al : There's gotta be another phone somewhere?

  Elmo : You're not still going to call the cops, are you?

  Al : Well, why not?

  Elmo : Look, we may have been able to explain our way out of the rest of this mess, but not this stuff.

  Al : Elmo, we haven't done anything wrong.

  Elmo : Yeah, well, you know that and I know that, but evidently, the cops don't know or they still wouldn't be shooting at us, right?

  Al : Yeah, I guess so.

  Elmo : Look, what we got here is a one-way ticket out of his burg. We play our cards right, we're set for life.

  Al : How much do you think that stuff's worth?

  Elmo : [confused]  I don't know. Thousands, maybe millions, but the way I see it, we got two choices: we can be rich or we can be dead. I'd rather be rich.

  Al : You make a good point. Let's get the hell out of here.

• Al : [flabbergasted, after the car has been sloppily repainted]  That's Barracuda Blue?

  Painter : That's thirty-nine ninety-five. Forty-one sixty-four with tax.

  Al : Pay the man.

  Elmo : What?

  Al : It was your idea. Pay him.

  Elmo : I got seven bucks.

  Al : Give him a check.

  Painter : No way. I've got enough of those left over from last year. No money, no car and I've got a mechanic's clean on that thing.

  Girl : [the hitchhiker gives the painter the money]  Here. My treat. Come on.

  Elmo : [dejectedly]  Okay, great job. Keep the change.

• Elmo : [deleted scene, Elmo thinks Al scared off the hitchhiker from the body shop thanks to his rant]  You know, that's really great! She overheard you and now she's gone! I kind of thought she was all right.

  Al : Elmo, this is reality, man! Look, we don't have to have a girl in the car just because you see it in the movies. I'm glad she's gone. We're better off without her.

  [the hitchhiker re-enters the shop office, much to Al's surprise] 

  Girl : You guys are really anxious to get rid of me.

  Al : Hey, uh, I'm really sorry. I'd thought you'd left.

  Girl : You know, if the car's hot, which I gather from your conversation it is, the plates are gonna give it away, no matter what color you make it. So I grabbed these off a wreck out back.

  [a shocked Al notices a few license plates inside her backpack] 

  Al : I can't believe I'm standing here listening to this! All of a sudden, I'm running with Bonnie and Clyde!