Black Gunn (1972)

Jim Brown: Gunn

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• Gunn : We got some big boys here tonight. Along came Jones! Deacon Jones.

  Deacon Jones, Himself : Gunn!

  Gunn : How you doin', brother?

  Deacon Jones, Himself : Just fine.

  Gunn : Good to see you. You're lookin' great, man. How's San Diego?

  Deacon Jones, Himself : Oh, man, it's wild. It's a groovy place. I am very fortunate to get traded down there. Didn't I demoralize those Rams?

  Gunn : Oh, yeah, baby. They're still the best in the game.

  Deacon Jones, Himself : Right on.

• Scott Gunn : This doesn't look good.

  Gunn : That's right.

  Scott Gunn : I was just puttin' somethin' in the safe.

  Gunn : To, eh, keep it safe.

  Scott Gunn : For safekeepin'.

  Gunn : Well, that's logical.

• Gunn : You're my brother, man. You don't have to rip off for bread.

  Scott Gunn : You're comin' on heavy, man. I'll find some place else.

• Scott Gunn : Look, it's not my money. We took it to buy...

  Gunn : Lawyers, man. Yeah. You're gonna defend every black guy that gets a ticket.

• Scott Gunn : You want the truth?

  Gunn : Why not?

  Scott Gunn : It's to buy guns. Weapons! And ammo, nitro and dynamite. And we got the cats that know how to use that stuff, too.

  Gunn : We?

  Scott Gunn : Guys back from Nam! We got expertise. Cats who know what its all about. Vets!

  Gunn : And ex-cons.

  Scott Gunn : And some of them too. They're brothers, to, you know.

• Scott Gunn : We call ourselves the Black Action Group.

  Gunn : B.A.G., huh? What do you want to do, Scotty? Take over the world?

  Scott Gunn : Yeah.

• Scott Gunn : We believe in taking it to the man - and blowin' up the fancy homes he lives in, his banks, his police stations, and makin' him get off his ass and do somthin'.

  Gunn : That's pretty powerful, Scotty.

  Scott Gunn : It might be.

  Gunn : Might be? You ever think that the man can bring it right back to you?

  Scott Gunn : He could try. But, we declare our right on this earth to be men. And we intend to bring this into existence - by any means necessary. Now are you with us?

  Gunn : Well, I'm not against you.

• Scott Gunn : Have you looked in the mirror lately?

  Gunn : Get up off it, Scotty. Have you ever seen me back down from any man, black or white?

  Scott Gunn : No.

  Gunn : Have you ever heard me change my thing for any man, black or white?

  Scott Gunn : No.

  Gunn : Alright!

• Gunn : These are daily payoff books. If the Government gets ahold of these, man, somebody is gonna be in a lot of trouble.

  Scott Gunn : No shit?

  Gunn : They're gonna sweat blood, man, until they get these books back. Maybe your blood.

  Scott Gunn : You mean to tell me I hit the jackpot.

• Gunn : What am I? Some kind of Information Service CIA or something?

• Gunn : Deliberately denying entry to a public place is against the law. Right, Congressman?

  Adams : It happens to be against the Civil Rights Act.

• Gunn : Who sent you here, Congressman?

  Adams : Look, I have a lot of constituents, every color: black, white, chicano, orientals. You might say they all sent me.

  Gunn : Just like they all contribute to your reelection?

  Adams : Yeah, you're damn right.

• Toni : I like things to be more - personal. Don't you, Mr. Gunn?

  Gunn : Sometimes.

  Toni : But, not now?

  Gunn : Not now.

  Toni : Could it be you don't like white girls?

  Gunn : I like all girls. And for a white girl, you're not bad.

  Toni : Thank you. And for a black man, you're not bad either.

• Toni : Gunns, please, it's an unusual name.

  Gunn : It's an old slave name. I had an ancestor who was entrusted enough to carry a white man's gun. The only word that his master ever said to him was, "Gun." You know, if he'd been more conversational, I might have been called "Gimme-de-Gunn"

  [laughs] 

  Toni : What do your friends call you?

  Gunn : Gunn.

• Gunn : You say the right things; but, do you implement them?

  Adams : It's not always easy; but, we're making progress.

  Gunn : In what, Adams? Integration? Bussing? Penal reform? Congressman, how many blacks are in America?

  Adams : About 20 million.

  Gunn : 20 million. How many black senators in America?

  Adams : One.

  Gunn : One. How many judges, Congressman?

  Adams : Well, they're a few.

  Gunn : Governors? Mayors?

  Adams : Look, I'm not going to be the apologist for white America, alright? Gunn, I'm not looking back. I'm looking forward. I admit to you, we got a long way to go.

  Gunn : You're damn right! You have a long ways to go, Adams.

• Gunn : No point in wastin' good horse, man. Just save it for the children. Right, Jimpy? The little ones. They're smiling, happy faces. The black ones. Playing in the schoolyards. Right, Jimpy? You want a hypo full of air in your veins, man? Any last words, Jimpy? About who chopped up my brother?

• Gunn : Hello. Look. I'm looking for Judith. I guess I have the wrong apartment.

  Louella : You have - the right apartment. Step in.

  Gunn : Well...

  Celeste : I'm Celeste.

  Louella : I'm Louella.

  Gunn : Well, I'm Gunn, but, like...

  Celeste , Louella : We know.

• Gunn : Listen, baby, I'm gonna take a shower; so, now you call Larry. Tell him to get over here as fast as he can. Tell him to bring me some rags and to bring his car. Because, the one I had last night - was hot. Okay?

• Gunn : What does he look like?

  Jimpy : Strange dude. A honky man.

• Adams : You do believe me, don't you?

  Gunn : A white Congressman? About half of it.

• Gunn : Now ain't the time? When is the time!

• Gunn : I got some questions for you, Kriley.

  Ray Kriley : Well, I got an answer for you. This is my mother's home. She don't like niggers. She don't like the smell.