Fighting Mad (1976)

Harry Northup: Sheriff Len Skerritt

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Quotes 

• Sheriff Len Skerritt : [after arriving to break up a street fight and points his shotgun]  Everybody freeze!

  [to Tom] 

  Sheriff Len Skerritt : Drop that iron!

  [Tom tosses it to the ground, but it ends up hitting one of the workers on the foot] 

  Sheriff Len Skerritt : Or am I going to have to start kicking asses and taking names?

• Pierce Crabtree : You play, sheriff?

  [Serves a tennis ball] 

  Pierce Crabtree : I don't play games.

  Pierce Crabtree : It's not a game. It's a sport.

  Sheriff Len Skerritt : Don't have time for them, either.

  Pierce Crabtree : I told you to arrest the Hunter boy.

  [Firmly serves a ball to his opponent] 

  Pierce Crabtree : Not half the people in the valley! You know, sheriff, a lot of folks didn't like the looks of all those old people being brought into town in handcuffs.

  Sheriff Len Skerritt : You didn't tell me to make any arrests, Mr. Crabtree. I acted on by a complaint from a citizen. You.

  Pierce Crabtree : What about my bulldozer? You could have held him on that, at least.

  Sheriff Len Skerritt : I don't know that he did it. Whoever did do it, they did a damn good job. Didn't leave a trace.

  Pierce Crabtree : I hate to say it, sheriff, but perhaps I should call on the FBI since this sabotage is too much for you local boys.

  Sheriff Len Skerritt : My oldest brother's in the FBI. You can get back to your game, now, Mr. Crabtree. I'll just be running along.

  Pierce Crabtree : Just a minute, sheriff. You should take up tennis. You might learn to like it.

• Sheriff Len Skerritt : [after he gets knocked down by an enraged Tom and and angrily fires his gun in the air]  DON'T FUCK WITH ME!