The Last American Hero (1973)

Ed Lauter: Burton Colt

Quotes 

• Burton Colt : How you've changed. Last time I saw you, you were gonna whip my ass with whatever it by-god takes. Now you want a job.

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : [about Colt's racing trophy]  Two questions: how long's it been since you won that thing, and do you want more?

  Burton Colt : Your manners haven't changed.

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : I don't want no job, neither. I work for nothin', take fifty percent of the prize money.

  Burton Colt : To begin with, I hire drivers on *my* terms.

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : And end up nowhere.

  Burton Colt : Where do you get off being so goddamn snotty?

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : I know my potential. So do you.

  Burton Colt : One race, twenty percent, you'll say forty, I'll say thirty. Yes or no?

• Burton Colt : You know, in today's world, you gotta obey rules and regulations. Now as far as the terms of your employment...

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : [grabs his first-place trophy from Colt]  I reckon this gives me a pretty fat hand, Colt, against you or anybody else I wanna race for.

  Burton Colt : You don't have a hand. You have a bad history, boy. If you're my driver, I sign the checks, I run the show, you drive. That's how the big boys play this game. Now are you in or out?

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : Well I got another game for you. It goes something like this: my crew, sixty percent of the prize money. Now you'll say forty, I'll say fifty. Yes or no?

• Burton Colt : Junior, you got the talent and I got the bankroll. Now how many loads of white lighting you think it's gonna take to get you back running?

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : How much it gonna take you? I just gotta replace my car. You gotta find a new shoe who ain't got chickenshit in his veins.

  Burton Colt : Woo, you a hard case, kid.

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : Colt, I'm gonna whip your ass, along with everybody else. My car don't hold out, I'm gonna footrace with you!

  Burton Colt : What about arm wrestling?

  Elroy Jackson Jr. : Whatever it by-god takes.