Coogan: You learn about a person when you hunt 'em.
Det. Lt. McElroy, NYPD: Like what?
Coogan: Like that he's not a fool, that's what.
Sgt. Wallace: Then how in the hell did you collar him?


--James Edwards (as Sgt. Jackson) in Coogan's Bluff

Whittaker: Mr. Maryk, Mr. Kieth. The captain wants a meeting with all officers, right away.
Lt. Maryk: Now? At one o'clock in the morning?
Whittaker: Yes, sir.
Lt. Maryk: Do you know what it's about?
Whittaker: Yes, sir - strawberries.


--James Edwards (as Whittaker) in The Caine Mutiny

The Red: I just don't understand you. You can't eat with them unless there's a war. Even then, it's difficult. Isn't that so?
Cpl. Thompson: That's right.
The Red: You pay for a ticket, but you even have to sit in the back of a public bus. Isn't that so?
Cpl. Thompson: That's right. A hundred years ago, I couldn't even ride a bus. At least now I can sit in the back. Maybe in fifty years, sit in the middle. Someday even up front. There's some things you just can't rush.


--James Edwards (as ) in The Steel Helmet