Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
John Ashton: Sgt. Taggart
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Quotes
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Detective Rosewood : Wow. You know, it says here that by the time the average American is fifty, he's got five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.
Sergeant Taggart : Why are you telling me this? What makes you think I have any interest in that at all?
Detective Rosewood : Well, you eat a lot of red meat.
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Police Chief Hubbard : Is this the gentleman who crashed through Victor Maitland's window? Who disabled an unmarked unit with a banana?
Lieutenant Bogomil : Yes, sir.
Police Chief Hubbard : Who lured Taggart and Rosemont into a gross dereliction of duty at a strip-tease establishment?
Detective Rosewood : Uh, it's Rosewood, sir.
Lieutenant Bogomil : Yes, sir.
Police Chief Hubbard : Is this the gentleman who ruined the buffet at the Harrow club this morning?
Lieutenant Bogomil : Yes, sir.
Police Chief Hubbard : I just bet that you are the pride of your department in Detroit. Lieutenant, I'd like to see you in your office.
Lieutenant Bogomil : Yes, sir.
Axel Foley : [mocking Hubbard] Is this the man who... wrecked the buffet at the Harrow club this morning?
Sergeant Taggart : Lower your voice, for Christ's sake!
Axel Foley : What, can the guy hear me through the wall?
Detective Rosewood , Sergeant Taggart : Yes, he can.
[Detectives Foster and McCabe nod in agreement]
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Detective Rosewood : Police! You're all under arrest!
[Armed thugs answer with a long hail of machine gun fire]
Sergeant Taggart : You do that again, I'll shoot you myself!
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Detective Rosewood : You know what I keep thinking about? You know the end of Butch Cassidy? Redford and Newman are almost out of ammunition, and the whole Bolivian army is out- out in front of this little hut?
Sergeant Taggart : Billy, I'm gonna make you pay for this.
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Sergeant Taggart : Why didn't you identify yourself as a police officer when you were arrested?
Axel Foley : 'Cause I was mindin' my own business. Hey, where the fuck do you guys get off on arresting somebody for getting thrown out of a window?
Sergeant Taggart : We have six witnesses that say you broke in and started tearing up the place, then jumped out the window!
Axel Foley : And you guys believe that? What the fuck are you, cops or doormen?
Sergeant Taggart : We're more likely to believe an important local businessman than a foul-mouthed jerk from out of town.
Axel Foley : Foul-mouthed?
[Taggart nods]
Axel Foley : Fuck you, man.
Detective Rosewood : [Taggart stands up and draws himself to full height] Hey, Sarge...
Sergeant Taggart : You watch your mouth.
Axel Foley : [standing] Hey, man, don't square off on me with some bullshit.
[shoves Taggart]
Axel Foley : You wanna start some static?
Sergeant Taggart : Hey, don't push me!
Axel Foley : [shoves Taggart again] Fuck you, man!
[Taggart delivers hard blow to Axel's stomach... Axel doubles over in pain]
Lieutenant Bogomil : [witnessing from his office] Taggart!
Sergeant Taggart : Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Bogomil : Come here.
[Taggart enters Bogomil's office, both emerge a minute later]
Sergeant Taggart : Sir... I apologize for striking you. I have no excuse.
Axel Foley : [bemused] Forget about it.
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Sergeant Taggart : [after Axel has just offered him a hotel robe] Nah, that's alright. You keep it as a souvenir.
Axel Foley : I already have three of 'em in my bag.
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Axel Foley : [in strip club with "Nasty Girl" playing in background]
[acting drunk]
Axel Foley : Hey man what's hapnin' Phil, I new dat was you, he told me that wasn't you, said you don't come here no more, but I said it's Phil! That is Philip,
[turns back toward Taggart and Rosewood]
Axel Foley : I told you that's Phil, you liar!
Strip Club Holdup Man #1 : Get outta here man!
Axel Foley : Hey Philip, gimme kiss baby! Hey
Strip Club Holdup Man #1 : [pushes Axel to ground, stops music by scratching needle across record and pulls out sawed-off shotgun] Everybody Freeze!
Axel Foley : Phil!
Strip Club Holdup Man #1 : Get your hands on the table!
Axel Foley : Phil! What's wrong man?
[getting up from floor]
Axel Foley : What's all the hostility Phil?
Strip Club Holdup Man #1 : Get back man!
Axel Foley : Whachoo doin' with all these guns man?
Strip Club Holdup Man #1 : Get back, I told you to get back!
Axel Foley : [moving closer] You changed man!
Strip Club Holdup Man #1 : I'm tellin' you to get back, if you don't get back I'm gonna blow your f***kin brains out!
[rushes toward Axel]
Axel Foley : [grabs shotgun, it discharges into ceiling, he elbows shooter in face twice and flips him to ground, pointing and cocking shotgun in his face]
Sergeant Taggart : [points pistol into 2nd shooters face] Police, move and I'll kill you!
Detective Rosewood : [runs up pointing pistol at shooter] Don't move, rollover!
Axel Foley : Way to go, Rosewood, you're some kinda cop, you know that!
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[Rosewood and Taggart are staking out Axel Foley in an upscale hotel. Axel has just had dinner delivered to their car outside]
Detective Rosewood : How did he know we were here?
Sergeant Taggart : I let you drive.
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[being shot at]
Sergeant Taggart : Jesus Christ!
Axel Foley : Yeah, these guys are serious.
Detective Rosewood : I hate machine guns!
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Sergeant Taggart : Police! Move and I'll kill you!
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Detective Rosewood : Everything he said about Maitland is right. Now he's kidnapped a woman and he's got her in this house.
Sergeant Taggart : Well, let's go in there and get her.
Axel Foley : What the fuck do you think I'm trying to do here?
Sergeant Taggart : You're not doing anything!