Soylent Green (1973)

Brock Peters: Chief Hatcher

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• [last lines] 

  Det. Thorn : Ocean's dying, plankton's dying... it's people. *Soylent Green is made out of people.* They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!

  Hatcher : I promise, Tiger. I promise. I'll tell the Exchange.

  Det. Thorn : You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people! We've gotta stop them somehow!

• Hatcher : And what about the furniture?

  Det. Thorn : [motions to chest]  Like grapefruit.

  Hatcher : [chuckles]  You never saw a grapefruit.

  Det. Thorn : You never saw her.

• Hatcher : What's the story with the Simonson homicide?

  Det. Thorn : It was carefully set up to make it look like he was killed after he caught some punk burglarizing his apartment.

  Hatcher : What do you think it was?

  Det. Thorn : It was an assassination. A well-planned assassination.

  Hatcher : You know this for a fact?

  Det. Thorn : Four reasons. One: the alarm system in the building was out of order for the first time in two years. Two: the bodyguard who was supposed to be protecting him was conveniently out shopping. Three: the punk that broke into the apartment didn't take anything. And four: the punk who killed Simonson was no punk because he used a meat hook instead of a gun to make it look like a punk.

  Hatcher : Well, if the punk didn't take anything from the apartment, what did you take?

  Det. Thorn : Everything I could lay my hands on.

• Hatcher : So, you finally made it. Do you know what time it is?

  Det. Thorn : You tell me. You're the only one here who has a wristwatch.

  Hatcher : I can't. The damn thing won't run.

• Det. Thorn : Who bought you?

  Hatcher : You're bought as soon as they pay you a salary.

• Det. Thorn : You know what, Lieutenant.

  Hatcher : What?

  Det. Thorn : [tossing back Hatcher's wristwatch]  I think it really is broken this time.