Vendetta (1986)

Roberta Collins: Miss Dice

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• Miss Dice : [to Laurie after she has killed Kay with her shotgun]  Did it bring Bonnie back? You have the rest of your life to think about that.

• Miss Dice : [Kay and Miss Dice have discovered Star dead after hitting her head in the shower]  Do you want to tell me what's going on here?

  Kay Butler : [anguished]  How do I know?

  Miss Dice : [contemptuously]  I know you know what's going on.

  [beat] 

  Miss Dice : This makes number three.

  Kay Butler : [screams]  Shut... UP!

• Warden Haines : [after China is found dead in the swimming pool]  Our investors are gonna scream bloody murder when they hear about this! You are responsible for security!

  Miss Dice : Sir, a woman has been murdered. And you're worried about investors?

  Warden Haines : Ms. Dice, need I remind you that this institution is a business! And we are paid a fixed fee for every healthy prisoner.

  Miss Dice : And there's been seven deaths since January. Things are not going to get better until your head trustee and her band of hooligans are diffused.

  Warden Haines : The cons run this prison. If we pull Butler out, there'll be total chaos... and everybody'll be vying for top spot.

  [beat] 

  Warden Haines : Get this place cleaned up and let's get on with the day.

• Warden Haines : [in the Warden's office after the confrontation between Bonnie and Kay in the shower]  Is that the girl out there?

  [Dice turns to see Bonnie entering] 

  Miss Dice : Yes.

  Warden Haines : Doesn't look like a troublemaker to me.

  Miss Dice : [walks to a desk outside Haines' office and sits down, beckoning Bonnie to a chair]  Just sit right there, please.

  [beat] 

  Miss Dice : Cusack, this is a prison, not an ice hockey rink. You can't just start punching anybody who happens by.

  Bonnie Cusack : I didn't do anything.

  Miss Dice : Then why was there an incident?

  Bonnie Cusack : I don't understand what's happening to me! I just want everybody to leave me alone.

  Miss Dice : [sighs]  I'm sure this all seems very strange to you, but you're just going to have to blend in and make the very best of this situation. I've assigned you to prison laundry.

  [gently] 

  Miss Dice : And try to stay out of trouble, OK?

  [Bonnie nods] 

  Miss Dice : You can go now.

• Miss Dice : [rushes into the gym with the guards after the fight breaks out between Laurie and Bobo]  OK, break it up! Goddamnit, Butler, that's it!

  Kay Butler : Collins went wild! She almost killed Bobo!

  Miss Dice : I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it! Butler, your privileges as trustee are TERMINATED!

  Kay Butler : What the fuck are you talking about?

  [she grabs Dice's baton, Dice strikes her and Bobo in the abdomen with it, they double over in pain] 

  Miss Dice : [to guard, smiling at Kay's trustee privileges being revoked]  Put Collins in isolation... and take Butler back to J block.

• Steve Nelson : [looking at the unconscious inmates after being gassed during the riot]  Would you look at all these sleeping beauties?

  Miss Dice : You're such a sleaze.

• Warden Haines : [addressing a small group of low-risk inmates, including Laurie]  This is a prison for profit... and you will be expected to carry your own weight and be a productive part of our society or you will be penalized in time and in privileges. Now you'll work at a regular job and be paid $6.50 per hour. From that will be deducted room and board, laundry, and monthly payments on your fines. Whatever you have left is yours to spend or save as you like.

  [he leaves and returns to his adjacent office] 

  Miss Dice : You will be issued a dark blue uniform after two weeks. Trustees wear light blue. If you prove to be a discipline problem, you will be issued an orange jumpsuit. Warden Haines will give you your assignments.