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Fast-Walking

  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Fast-Walking (1982)
Drama

A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.

  • Director
    • James B. Harris
  • Writers
    • James B. Harris
    • Ernest Brawley
  • Stars
    • James Woods
    • Tim McIntire
    • Kay Lenz
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    796
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    • Director
      • James B. Harris
    • Writers
      • James B. Harris
      • Ernest Brawley
    • Stars
      • James Woods
      • Tim McIntire
      • Kay Lenz
    • 12User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Fast-Walking
    Tim McIntire
    Tim McIntire
    • Wasco
    Kay Lenz
    Kay Lenz
    • Moke
    Robert Hooks
    Robert Hooks
    • William Galliot
    Charles Weldon
    Charles Weldon
    • Officer Jackson
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Sergeant Sanger
    Susan Tyrrell
    Susan Tyrrell
    • Evie
    John Friedrich
    John Friedrich
    • Squeeze
    Lance LeGault
    Lance LeGault
    • Lieutenant Barnes
    Timothy Carey
    Timothy Carey
    • Bullet
    Deborah White
    • Elaine Schector
    Sandy Ward
    Sandy Ward
    • Warden
    Sydney Lassick
    Sydney Lassick
    • Ted
    Helen Page Camp
    Helen Page Camp
    • Ted's Wife
    K Callan
    K Callan
    • Motel Manager
    Ernie Fuentes
    • Straw Boss
    Barbara Eaton
    • Hooker #1
    Bonnye Brown
    • Hooker #2
    • Director
      • James B. Harris
    • Writers
      • James B. Harris
      • Ernest Brawley
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    • Trivia
      The book the film was based on was showcased many different characters - none of which were the "focus" of the story. Writer/director James B. Harris originally wrote his first draft of the screenplay around the book, but soon discovered that the character of Frank "Fast-Walking" Minniver was the most interesting and unique and decided to make him the central role.
    • Quotes

      Wasco: I'm buying you out.

      Bullet: You're what?

      Wasco: I'm going to make you a very honorable proposal of a business nature that you're not going to be able to refuse.

      Bullet: Oh yeah?

      Wasco: God damn, you smell bad, man. Whew. Ahh... Let me run this down to you, Bullet, old baby. Number one, you're a junkie, which means you can't maintain the kind of objectivity that's necessary in an operation like this. Number two, you don't have my organization, my supply, you don't have my connections, frankly see, you're action's weak, small time, small profit, nickel-dime bag operation at best. Your supply's erratic, your goods are inferior, you deal nothing but trash and garbage.

      Bullet: Hey, wait a minute...

      Wasco: Shut up, and listen. Now, you see, I can offer this market dynamite smack, man, I mean the best money can buy, it's so good you can get off just snorting it. Save everybody the trouble of carrying a fit around with them all the time, you know? They can just chip like that till they get out. And I got a guaranteed supply daily, coming in six days a week. Any kind of thrill, any kind of quality, any kind of quantity that any customer can desire. I can sell by the cap, the bag, the bindle, the bundle, the half load, nickel, dime, quarter, trey bag, piece of the pill, you just call it and I've got it. Got ludes, crank, Bombitas coke, bam, black beauties, cartwheels, yellow jackets, reds, long greens, rainbows, beans. And STP and PCP and DMT and LSD, and psilocybin and mescaline, and THC, amphetamine meth, biphetamine, phenobarbital, benzedrine, dexedrine, librium, miltown, dilaudid, morphine, seconol, demerol, goofballs, truck drivers, yellow stripes, tuinal, disosix, carbon tetrachroride, strychnine, arsenic, anything, I can deal anything except marijuana and hashish, because I can't stand the smell of that shit. And for the ultimate thrill of your lifetime, I'll personally drill a little hole right in your head and you can see the light of the lord shine in there. Can even offer dollies, I got the best doll for you money can buy, for anybody wants to just sit back sweet and easy, and kick their habit one day at a time. Now I ain't jealous, see, cause I ain't a junkie. I don't really approve of the use of any kind of dope, but if there's a market, if somebody's gonna buy it they may as well but it from me as buy it from the next guy. Cause you know there's a lot of dudes who brought their habit in here with them, man, and they got to have that wake up. They gotta have the nooner, and the matinee, and the sleepy time every day, seven days a week, just like clockwork. And I'm prepared to offer this jam, which is the best fucking hard-ass poison on the market today. And I can offer you something else, you want to know what that is?

      Bullet: What's that?

      Wasco: Protection. Top to bottom.

      Bullet: Yeah? Who's made?

      Wasco: Who's ma...

      [smirks]

      Wasco: ... You're already pissing your pants, man, you're getting in on one of the biggest deals ever made in any joint anywhere, ever, and you're asking me 'Who's made'? That's why you never got anywhere, cause you think small, that's small thinking, see? I'm thinking about diversification. You know what that word means, diversification? It means cigarettes, and prostitution, and banking services, and loan facilities, organized gambling, and liquor, and clothing sales, and uncensored postal service, and underground courier service direct to the street, and stud service, and telephone service direct to the outside. I'm even thinking about selling processed hair accoutrements to the raghead nigger conks. I'm gonna smuggle in contraband hot sauce for the spic cell block lunch time, direct from the Tiopico chili factory in Tijuana, what do you think about that?

      Bullet: I think you're crazy. Out of your fucking mind.

      Wasco: Lets say I offered you a deal you can't refuse.

      Bullet: What's that?

      Wasco: You just turn your whole operation over to me, intact, just like it is right now. Then when my supply starts coming in, which might even be today, you just sit back. We got a silent partnership, you got no jeopardy, no risk, you get ten percent of the whole operation, you make more money than you ever did before.

      Bullet: What if I say no?

      Wasco: You can't.

      Bullet: Yeah, but what if I do?

      Wasco: I'll kill ya. I'd love to kill ya, I'll throw you off the fucking tier right now, you'll wish you hadn't said that all the way down.

      Bullet: You'll never get away with it.

      Wasco: What do you care if I get away with it, you'll be dead.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: McLean Stevenson/James Woods/Bum Phillips (1981)

    User reviews12

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    10/10
    Complicated,intriguing intelligent flick with...Kay Lenz
    I will freely admit that my initial interest in this movie came from not from reading the book (there was a book?) but from the prospect of seeing the unbelievably attractive Kay Lenz frequently nude. How has she developed since 1973 and "Breezy"? (Very very well!) Nevertheless, the movie offered much more than that.

    James Wood is a prison guard and a hustler looking for money where he can make it, and he isn't fussy about how. So when he finds a way to score 50K by springing a (nice guy) black activist, he wants in. But..there is also a plot to kill the black activist and he finds himself involved in that too. Meanwhile, he gets involved with Kay Lenz,the gorgeous wife of his cousin, the con who is the brains behind the plot to kill the activist. This flick has twists,turns, and a surprising ending that you will NOT figure out 'till the last few minutes.

    Darn good movie. And Kay Lenz looks terrific! Why didn't Playboy grab her for a 10-page pictorial?
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    • Apr 29, 2003
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    • Release date
      • August 13, 1982 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Murder in Cell Block 3
    • Filming locations
      • Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
    • Production companies
      • James B. Harris Productions
      • Lorimar Productions
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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