The Gauntlet (1977)

Mara Corday: Jail Matron

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Quotes 

• Ben Shockley : [to the prone female inmate feigning sleep]  Hit the deck, Mally.

  [to the warden] 

  Ben Shockley : Did she have anything to eat?

  Jail Matron : Just a cup of coffee this morning.

  Ben Shockley : [inspecting the empty mug]  Yeah. Looks like she smoked a few cigarettes and put the ashes in the coffee.

  [the girl lifts up her head to look at him] 

  Ben Shockley : Old army trick. She wanted to look sick.

  Gus Mally : [jumps up from the bunk, tries darting away, is caught]  Let me go! They're gonna kill me! I want a fucking lawyer!

  [he slaps her, she falls back onto the bunk, looking up at him ruefully] 

  Gus Mally : Terrific! My life on the line and they send me an on-the-ropes bum!

  Ben Shockley : What kind of record she have?

  Jail Matron : Hooker.

  Ben Shockley : [to the girl]  You see, we got a problem, you and me. We don't like each other very much, but we have to take a trip together. Now you can come along peacefully or you can be a pain in the ass. But I'm warning ya, you mess around and I'll put the cuffs on you. You talk dirty, I gag ya, if you run, I'll shoot you. My name is Shockley, and we've got a plane to catch. Let's go.