A Perfect World (1993)
Leo Burmester: Tom Adler
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Quotes
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Tom Adler : [looking at Texas roadblock map] There - that oughta put his pecker in a sling, huh, Red?... Sorry.
Sally Gerber : Dick humor. Unique. Shouldn't these be roadblocked as well?
Tom Adler : Well, in a perfect world, Miss Gerber, we'd all lock arms and thrash the bushes until he turned up.
Sally Gerber : Well, in a perfect world, things like this wouldn't happen in the first place, right?
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Tom Adler : They got T-bones in the fridge!
Naomi Perry : Now, I don't think we should eat that - those were ordered special for the governor.
Tom Adler : And Tater Tots!
Naomi Perry : He might not approve of this!
Chief Red Garnett : That so? Hmmm... I *do* like Tater Tots.
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Tom Adler : One puzzler, though - they say the kid could have gotten away, but he didn't.
Sally Gerber : Probably scared to death.
Tom Adler : Well, one more thing: The kid stole a Halloween outfit.
Chief Red Garnett : So they're a team.
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Sally Gerber : [imagining herself as Butch] Years later, I'm back in trouble.
Tom Adler : Kill somebody else?
Sally Gerber : Uh-uh. Saw a Ford coupe I couldn't resist, so I took her for a spin.
Tom Adler : Hell - that ain't no big deal.
Sally Gerber : That's what I thought - but the judge didn't. He gave me four years in Gatesville. Toughest juvie farm in Texas.
Tom Adler : Yeah - that's where the sonofabitch *learned* to be a criminal. We've seen that before, haven't we, Red?
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Sally Gerber : [imagining herself as Butch] I killed a man when I was eight.
Chief Red Garnett : How'd you kill him?
Sally Gerber : Shot him with a .38 special. There was always one lyin' around the dance hall. That's what they called it, but it was a whorehouse; that's where we lived.
Tom Adler : What'd the authorities do?
Sally Gerber : Victim was wanted by the locals, so the whole thing got swept under the carpet, Cajun-style.
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Sally Gerber : Haynes is a criminal's criminal - armed robbery, man-on-man confrontation. Pugh, on the other hand, has a rap sheet littered with manslaughter, you name it. They'll split soon.
Tom Adler : What about the hostages? What are they gonna do - flip a coin to see who gets to keep who?
Sally Gerber : It's happened before. Either way, it's a dilemma they'll address soon - that's why we've got to address it now.
Chief Red Garnett : Well, "we" don't have a dilemma. Neither do they. They'll simply get rid of one hostage, and keep the other - if they haven't done so already.
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Tom Adler : The locals want to know - if they get a clean shot, should they take it?
Chief Red Garnett : ...No. I don't want any half-assed Sergeant York takin' a pot shot with a deer rifle.
Sally Gerber : The only thing to do - he's got the boy with him.
Agent Bobby Lee : I guess you figure he'll just give up.
Sally Gerber : Maybe; maybe not.
Agent Bobby Lee : Well, now there's a safe bet.
Sally Gerber : Well, I'll give you a safe bet - he's better off now than he was.
Chief Red Garnett : Well, that third eye that Pugh is sportin' on the way to the morgue - that speaks otherwise.
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Chief Red Garnett : [slugs Lee]
Lt. Tom Hendricks : Whoa! Whoa! Back off!
Tom Adler : Take it easy, Red.
Lt. Tom Hendricks : What the hell was that all about?
Chief Red Garnett : I didn't say "when".
[Red walks off, and Sally knees Lee in the groin]
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Dick Suttle : If he kills the boy, he'll get the chair.
Tom Adler : He'll probably get the chair anyway - he's killed two in two days.
Sally Gerber : We don't know he killed either of the victims.
Tom Adler : He wasn't sittin' at home in his Stratolounger. Besides, who killed Pugh? Casper?