Blue Thunder (1983)
Warren Oates: Braddock
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Quotes
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[Icelan and Braddock are discussing Murphy]
Icelan : He checks his sanity with a wrist watch!
Jack Braddock : What do you check yours with, a dipstick?
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Jack Braddock : But there's a bright side to this, and a moral. I think morals are good for you, I love morals, and the moral of this story is: If you're walkin' on eggs, don't hop.
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Jack Braddock : You think I don't know about that silly twit up in Encino, for Chrissakes? I had twenty years in this outfit, when your idea of a good time was sittin' in front of the TV tube, watchin' Bugs Bunny and gnawing on your Fudgsicle!
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Jack Braddock : [after Lymangood interrupts him chewing out Murphy] You're supposed to be stupid, son. Don't abuse the privilege.
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Jack Braddock : Who are you fooling with that phony radio bullshit? Jesus Christ, Frank, that went out three days after Marconi invented the fucking thing!
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[Murphy walks out to the pad]
Jack Braddock : Well Murph, feeling any pressure?
Frank Murphy : Yeah. About 15 pounds per square inch at sea level.
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Jack Braddock : [to Murphy] You know what they'll do with this? They'll burn you... me... your idiotic friend here... and my whole damn division. And I don't want my division burnt!
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Jack Braddock : [about Col. F.E. Cochrane] Irritating little cocksucker, isn't he?
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Jack Braddock : [26:16] I've been trying to get you all night. Why don't you answer your fucking beeper?
Frank Murphy : I just wanna tell you, Jack, that the next time I'm suspended, so is my fucking beeper!
Jack Braddock : Feel better?
Frank Murphy : Yeah. A little.
Jack Braddock : Well then get your ass on down here. We just came up with a hot mince pie under each arm.
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[after the demonstration, Murphy and Braddock walk over to meet Blue Thunder's pilot]
Frank Murphy : [recognizes Cochrane as the pilot]
[35:27]
Frank Murphy : Well, what do you know!
Jack Braddock : Friend of yours?
Frank Murphy : [smiling ruefully] An old war buddy. Bastard tried to have me court-martialed once.
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Kress : If it was me, I'd ground him.
Jack Braddock : He'll be all right.
Kress : Personally, I wouldn't fly with him for a bull that pissed Jack Daniels.
Jack Braddock : Is that right?
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Jack Braddock : Son, you're a trainee, You're supposed to be stupid. Don't abuse the privilege.