The Gauntlet (1977)

Robert Barrett: Paramedic

Quotes 

• Gus Mally : [in cell]  You found out I was right, didn't you?

  Ben Shockley : [opening cell door, entering]  I didn't find out dick. All I know is there is a horse named Mally No Show in the 10th race at Santa Anita, and the way the odds are going up, somebody's betting she's going to drop dead at the starting gate.

  Gus Mally : That's right! And this is the gate right here! Don't you see? They're saying we don't have a chance!

  Ben Shockley : For all I know, there is a horse, it's just a coincidence.

  Gus Mally : [scoffs impatiently]  It's not a coincidence! For Chrissakes, Shockley, there isn't any 10th race at Anita!

  [he scowls at her] 

  Paramedic Driver : [two medics arrive]  The wagon's outside.

  Ben Shockley : What about that horse?

  Paramedic : 75 to one. Sounds like a real nag.

  Gus Mally : [frantic]  Look, go back home. Leave me be. Call it off. Please!

  Ben Shockley : We're splitting right now.

  [to the paramedics] 

  Ben Shockley : Look, one of you call Hertz or Avis, I don't care which one. Get me a car. Have them leave it somewhere inbetween here and the airport. Leave the keys in and I'll pay for it when I get her on the plane.

  [to her:] 

  Ben Shockley : If, and I say if, what you're saying is true, then somebody's betting I can't do my job. Well, they're full of shit!

  Gus Mally : You are - - These people laying these odds will chew you up and spit you out! You're fucking crazy! I'm not going anywhere with you!

  [retreats back to the bunk bed, looking into his steely unsympathetic eyes tearfully]