Used Cars Page #9

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
769 Views


Who do you think this is?

That's her.

No resemblance.

I've been selling cars long enough to

know when somebody's telling the truth.

That is luke's daughter. Do we have any

health food restaurants in this town?

If that's luke's daughter,

we've got to get rid of her.

What if she figures out what's going on?

What if she sees our commercial?

Why not just throw her in the hole

with her old man?

When i take her out to dinner,

i'll get her drunk.

I'll tell her the reason that luke

went to florida was...

best salad bar in town:

Airport lanes!

Oh, stop it...

and he says,

"don't ask me, i'm just a farmer. "

That is the most disgusting joke

i've ever heard.

- Listen, i wanted to ask you something.

- What?

How did you know that i used to work

for the consumer protection agency?

The thing with the taxi? Why didn't you

tell me it was yellow primer?

I knew you were baiting me,

so i told you a bigger bunch of bullshit.

At least you're very honest

about your dishonesty and i admire that.

I really do.

Look, barbara, about luke...

i got to tell you something...

- luke left for florida the night i called.

- That's not the reason he left.

I think it would be better for me and

for everybody concerned if i just leave.

I was thinking of heading

up to oregon or something like that.

Thank you very much for taking

care of me. It was very considerate.

I really had a good time.

Maybe we'll do it again sometime.

Thanks a lot.

Goodbye... thanks.

Barbara... wait a minute.

Look, i know that

sometimes i can come off as -

- kind of insincere, but...

i want you to know

that i really like you.

I haven't had this much fun

with a girl ever... in my life, so...

once you and luke get your problems

worked out, come by and look me up.

I've been thinking about

what you've been saying about luke...

i'm passing judgement on a man

i haven't even seen in ten years.

I have to give him

the benefit of the doubt.

So i've decided to

stick around for a few days.

So, see you tomorrow, okay?

Goodnight.

- She's staying?

- Yeah, she's staying.

I told her luke would call.

What else could i do?

What the f*** is that?

If she sees our commercial,

she's going to be suspicious.

We're going to have a billion people

on the lot tomorrow.

I've been up all night,

trying to figure this out.

There's only one thing we can do:

Cancel the commercial.

Guys, i've got the solution

to our problem.

Courtesy of the beautiful daphne.

What i have here -

- is a one-way train ticket to Miami.

You take it out there

and give it to barbara.

Tell her luke called

and wants her to come straight down.

Jim and i will do the commercial,

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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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