Used Cars Page #3

Synopsis: Used car salesman Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) needs money to run for State Senate, so he approaches his boss Luke (Jack Warden). Luke agrees to front him the $10,000 he needs, but then encounters an "accident" orchestrated by his brother Roy also played by Warden, who runs the car lot across the street. Roy is hoping to claim title to his brother's property because Roy's paying off the mayor to put the new interstate through the area. After Luke disappears, it's all out war between the competing car shops, and no nasty trick is off limits as Rudy and his gang fight to keep Roy from taking Luke's property. Then Luke's daughter shows up.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Robert Zemeckis
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1980
113 min
773 Views


- I like to feel safe.

Easy now, easy.

Sounds good, old man!

What the hell was that?

You got a real oil pressure problem here,

it's running real hot... real hot.

Pills? What do you need

those pills for, old man?

Isn't this fun, old man?

You ever played chicken?

I love chicken... i love it.

You're a good sport, old man.

I like you.

What do you say we find out

what this baby is constructed of?

Come on, get over there, old man.

Oh sh*t!

What's the matter, old man?

You homesick?

I'll have you home in a minute.

What the hell was that?

think about it. I got your card.

- I broke my back getting you this deal.

- Fifty bucks never killed anybody.

You're not going to find

another deal like this in town.

- Fifty bucks never killed anybody.

- A deal's a deal.

- Fifty bucks never...

- okay, you got it, you win.

I'll see what i can do. But i'm

telling ya, my boss sees these figures, -

- when he sees these,

he's going to have a stroke.

What's he trying to pull?

Fifty bucks never killed anybody.

Okay, it's a deal, it's a deal!

I'll sign! I'll sign!

I'm sorry! I shook on it! It's a deal!

I never welsh on a deal

and i really do want the car...

luke, where are your pills?

Jesus christ, you guys mean business!

I signed it! Show it to him!

Here's the down payment.

Here, show it to him.

Here's the money!

Here, take it!

Look... you guys are busy.

We'll pick the car up tomorrow.

Oh my god!

Honey, let's get out of here!

Jesus christ!

Luke's dead.

Calm down, we're being watched.

- By who?

- Who do you think?

Sam? Roy... roy!

Yeah, i know it's late.

First thing tomorrow, i want you to come

over here and visit my brother with me.

Well, i'm a little concerned

about his health.

And bring those probate papers with you.

Probate papers!

He's gone.

Jim, help me prop him up, i don't want

toby to see him like this.

Jesus, mary and... i don't know, man.

I think we're out of our minds here.

I think we've got to call the cops.

I mean, it's murder, for christ's sake!

You know that and i know. But the cops

are going to say it was a heart attack.

He's got no family, no will, no nothing.

That means his brother inherits this lot.

I promised him i wasn't going to let that

son of a b*tch get his hands on this lot.

- Easy!

- Hey, don't worry about it!

Look, i helped put it up,

i ought to know how to take it down!

Okay, let it down easy.

Hey, man, this sh*t gives me the creeps.

He should be buried properly.

Nobody's gonna believe he drove his edsel

to Miami. Nobody goes to Miami!

Old people go to Miami!

Where do you want him to go? Aspen?

- This crate won't go around the block!

- This motherf***er runs!

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Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter who is frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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