Number One with a Bullet (1987)
Mykelti Williamson: Casey
Quotes
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Det. Hazeltine : [looking at stacks of identical VCR boxes] All this yours, brother?
Casey : Uh, yeah brother. Well, see; I'm 'bout to get married. You know how everybody gives you the same present?
Det. Hazeltine : Oh, ye- yeah!
Det. Barzak : Oh, yeah - that's right. That's right. What - you get this $8,000 Rolex for, uh, Christmas, right?
Casey : Yeah, I got that from my lady.
Det. Barzak : [removes Casey's watch, examines the back, & shows it to him] So: how come it's engraved "With Love, to Dr. Ira Kettlebaum"? Check it out.
Casey : [thinking briefly] That's what the bitch calls me, man. Yeah.
Det. Barzak : Oh, it's like a pet name, right? Yeah.
[imitating a woman's shrill voice]
Det. Barzak : "Stick it to me Doctor Kettlebaum!" Oooh-oooh! She's a real squealer & shit?
Casey : Yeah, she's a freak.
Det. Barzak : Squealer, right? Yeah.
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Casey : [Three loud knocks are heard on an apartment door. The apartment walls are stacked with electronics boxes] Who is it?
Det. Barzak : [Muffled voice heard through locked door] What's happening, man? Some brothers downtown said you got VCRs for sale.
Casey : Get outta here, man! You got the wrong house! I'm a lawyer!
Det. Barzak : I got cash, motherfucker! I need twenty of 'em!
Casey : Whoooooo!
[Casey begins to unlock the door, realizes who it is, tries to re-lock it, and Nick breaks it down]
Casey : Hey. I was just on the toilet thinking 'bout yall, man. Ain't life a bitch?
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Det. Barzak : [singing Gimme Some Lovin by the Spencer Davis Group, badly, while playing a guitar in the zoo] We're so glad you made it - we're so glad you made it. Gimme some lovin'; GIMME SOME A-LOVIN'!
[an elephant trumpets]
Casey : You could make animals sick with that shit. You should cool out.
[Climbs onto a bike to leave]
Det. Hazeltine : Hey, how about that, man. You got any more room on that bicycle?
Det. Barzak : Hey, hey, hey! I been working on this a LONG time, man.
