Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) - Quotes

A Race Against Time for Wealth

Taglines: He has exactly seven minutes to get rich quick!

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Reputation and Adventure in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Taglines: Thunderbolt... the man with the reputation. Lightfoot... the kid who's about to make one!

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Pride in Accomplishment Amidst Criminality

Lightfoot: You know... you know somethin'? I don't think of us as criminals, you know? I feel we accomplished something. A good job. I feel proud of myself, man. I feel like a hero.

Thunderbolt: Are you all right, kid? You don't look too well.

Lightfoot: I believe you're right.

Thunderbolt: Lightfoot!

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The Complexity of Modern Bank Security

Thunderbolt: In small-town banks, they leave the telephone off the hook in the vault at night so the local operator can listen in.

Lightfoot: People walk into these banks with paper sacks, fill em with money and walk out. Anybody can do it.

Thunderbolt: Bullshit. The newest bank vaults have walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, backed by six inches of steel. The vault door is stainless steel-faced. It's an inch and a half of cast steel, another 12 inches of burn-resisting steel, and another inch and a half of open-hearthed steel... A vault door has 20 bolts, each an inch in diameter. Eight on each side, two top and two bottom. This holds the door into a 16-inch steel jamb set in 18 inches of concrete. It's crosshatched by steel bars running both vertical and horizontal. This door is precision-made so you can't pour nitro between the door and the vault. If that isn't enough, there's microphones, electric eyes, pressure-sensitive mats, vibration detectors, tear gas, and even thermostats that detect the slightest rise in temperature. Still interested in banks?

Lightfoot: I knew you weren't a preacher!

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The Fragility of Business and Investment

Lightfoot: Howdy. How's business?

Station Attendant: In this business, you're always one step away from bankruptcy. Funny money, credit, speculation... Somewhere in this country's a little old lady with $79.25. The $0.05 is a buffalo nickel... If she crashes in her investment, whole thing'll collapse. General Motors, the Pentagon, the two-party system and the whole and the whole shebang... We're all running downhill. Got to keep running faster or we'll fall down.

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Preacher's Unlikely Appearance Sparks Suspicion

Lightfoot: [''John Doherty, aka Thunderbolt, dressed in preacher's garb, has jumped into Lightfoot's stolen Trans-Am''] I thought you were the heat.

John: Do I look like heat?

Lightfoot: You look like one crazy son-of-a-bitch for a preacher, I'll tell you that.

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Dreams and Conversations in Unlikely Moments

Red Leary: Where'd you get the dents?

Lightfoot: Progress. I dreamt about you last night.

Red Leary: What about?

Lightfoot: I dreamt you said hello to me.

Red Leary: Don't you get smart with me. I'll break both your arms.

Lightfoot: I'll keep that in mind.

Red Leary: Remember what I said. John and me go back a long way. But you don't mean nothin to me, understand? Nothin'!

Lightfoot: What'd you try and kill him for then?

Red Leary: Because we were friends.

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Questioning the Decision to Stay

Woman in car: You really want to stay here?

Husband: [smiling] Why not?

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Generational Wisdom and Ignorance Explored

Lightfoot: Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. That sounds like somethin'.

Thunderbolt: You're forgetting I'm a lot older than you.

Lightfoot: There are plenty of guys twice my age who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

Thunderbolt: I won't fault you there.

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Conflicting Opinions on Knowledge

Red: Does he know everything?

Thunderbolt: No.

Lightfoot: Yes.

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Identity and Heritage in Conversation

Thunderbolt: What's your name, boy?

Lightfoot: Lightfoot.

Thunderbolt: You Indian?

Lightfoot: Nope. Just American.

Introducing Lightfoot's Name

Melody: I didn't get your name.

Lightfoot: Well, I didn't give it to ya'. My name is Lightfoot.

Melody: Lightfoot"?

Lightfoot: That's right.

Melody: That's a dumb name. I mean, what kind of person would name a kid that, ya know?

Lightfoot: What's your name?

Melody: Melody.

Lightfoot: Melody"? That's not a dumb name?... Hey, maybe we had the same father?

Unexpected Expression of Frustration

Red Leary: Go... fuck... a duck.

Lightfoot's Playful Expression of Affection

Lightfoot: [to a woman riding a motorcycle in shorts; the womans pulls out a hammer, pounds his truck and rides off] Hey where did you get those pants? You freak! I love you, come back!