Best movie quotes of 1978

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Force 10 from Navarone picture

Maj. Schroeder: Ah, tell me what has all this to do with that, uh, suitcase case you keep looking at?
Mallory: Well, that suitcase is full of our penicillin.
Maj. Schroeder: Oh, indeed. Perhaps I could see some it?
Mallory: Certainly, Major. Open it Miller.
Miller: You can't do that here, sir. You'll ruin the lot. You know perfectly well that any contamination will destroy it. It's got to be opened under laboratory conditions.

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Billy Hayes: It looks like a cheap hotel.
Jimmy: Only the room service is lousy. I'm Jimmy Booth. This is Erich - something Swedish, I don't know.
Erich: Just Erich.
Jimmy: He cleaned you up.
Billy Hayes: Thanks. I'm Billy Hayes. At least, I used to be.

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Coma picture

Dr. Cowans: Anesthesia's the easiest job in the world until something goes wrong. It's 99% boredom and 1% scared-shitless panic.

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Hooper picture

Singer: Everyone get drunk and be somebody.

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Laserblast picture

Kathy Farley: Just you and me and the sky... like a cup! A giant cup.

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The Cat from Outer Space picture

Jake - voice: My name is Zunar J 5 Slash 9 Doric 4 7.
Frank: Uh, Z-Zunar.
Jake - voice: ...Let's just stick with 'Jake', okay?

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Pretty Baby picture

Bellocq: Her father unknown, and her mother deserted the child.
Violet: My mother's name was Hildegarde. Hildegarde Marr. M-A-R-R.
Priest: And she was Caucasian, or other?
Violet: She was a whore, Father.

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Goin' South picture

Henry Moon: We was just sayin' how much we needed a figurine.

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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow picture

Grandmaster Pai Cheng-Cheh: What a bitch. I hope she drops dead.

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Every Which Way But Loose picture

Cholla: You Philo Beddoe?
Philo Beddoe: Do I know you?
Cholla: You're gonna.

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Starcrash picture

Elle: It's so nice to be turned on again.

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Doctor Watson: Where and at what time does the train leave for Baskerville?
Dr. Mortimer: Tomorrow, 12 o'clock, Victoria.
Doctor Watson: Oh no, you can call me John.

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The Detective: A friend of yours told me where to find you in the middle of the day.
The Driver: I don't have any friends.
The Detective: That's right. No friends. No steady job. No girlfriend. You live real cheap, you never ask any questions... boy, you got it down real tight. So tight that there's no room for anything else. And that's a real sad song. Only trouble is, eh, sad songs ain't sellin' this year. Maybe I'm your friend.

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The Lord of the Rings picture

Gollum: My Precious. My Precious.

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Foul Play picture

Bob Scott: Beware of the dwarf.
Gloria Mundy: Gee Scotty, I don't think there is a dwarf in this movie.

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The Swarm picture

Mayor Clarence Tuttle: I know people look at me and think that I'm just the man behind the aspirin counter, but inside I love you.
Maureen Schuster: How lucky I am.

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Return from Witch Mountain picture

Dr. Victor Gannon: Where you from?
Tony: Witch Mountain.
Sickle: Sounds like some hick town to me.

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Revenge of the Pink Panther picture

Clouseau: Hey! Mamma Mia! Ho-ho! Spagettino to Al Pacino.

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