Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Quotes

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!

Lightfoot Hey where did you get those pants? You freak! I love you, come back!

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.

Woman in car You really want to stay here?

Husband Why not?

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

Lightfoot You ain't no country preacher, Preacher.

Taglines He has exactly seven minutes to get rich quick!

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?

Lightfoot 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.

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.

Thunderbolt I don't wish to be forward, but we'd like to exchange cars with you. So the faster you get out, the better it'll be for your ass.

Red Does he know everything?

Thunderbolt No.

Lightfoot Yes.

Thunderbolt What's your name, boy?

Lightfoot Lightfoot.

Thunderbolt You Indian?

Lightfoot Nope. Just American.

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!

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

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.