Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)

David Strathairn: Ron

Quotes 

• [they sit in a row in the bar mimicking a sports racing announcer] 

  Mike Donnelly : Sunday!

  Ron Desjardins : Sunday!

  Howie : Sunday!

  Mike Donnelly : At Washington Valley Speedway: thrills, chills, and spills!

  Ron Desjardins : [starts making racing car noises]  Varoommmm!

  Howie : Nitro-burning funny cars!

  Mike Donnelly : Joey Chitwood and his Auto Daredevils!

  Howie : Special appearance by Big Daddy Roth!

  Mike Donnelly : You'll laugh, you'll scream, you'll cry!

  Ron Desjardins : Sunday!

  Mike Donnelly : Stocks and dragsters burning rubber in the biggest event of the season! This very Sunday!

  Ron Desjardins : Sunday!

  Howie : Sunday!

  Mike Donnelly : Sunday!

  Bartender : [voice-over]  Howie!

  Howie : What?

  Bartender : It's your wife. The hotel's been calling.

  Howie : Oh... I gotta go. Catch you guys later.

  [he stands up and leaves] 

  Mike Donnelly : [waving to him]  Sunday!

• [Chip returns to the car to find Ron talking to Irene] 

  Chip Hollister : Hi.

  Ron Desjardins : Hi.

  Chip Hollister : I'm, uh, Chip Hollister.

  Ron Desjardins : [shaking his hand]  Pleased to meet you.

  Chip Hollister : You're...?

  [Ron looks down at the name tag on his chest. Chip sees it] 

  Chip Hollister : Ron.

  Ron Desjardins : Very good. Last name's Desjardins, but, uh, I gotta have another tit to fit it all. You Irene's old man?

  [Chip chuckles nervously] 

  Ron Desjardins : Well, she's a real sweet girl, let me tell you.

  Irene Rosenblue : Ron!

  Ron Desjardins : Hey, pump you some?

  Chip Hollister : Huh?

  Ron Desjardins : Gas. Pump gas. We got your custom-blended, unleaded, super premium...

  Chip Hollister : No, no, I was just, uh...

  Ron Desjardins : Making a deposit, not a withdrawal?

• Ron Desjardins : [rings the bell on the hotel desk to wake up Howie]  Me and the missus just drove in from Peoria and the guy at the filling station says...

  Howie : [walks in]  Jesus, Ron!

  Ron Desjardins : "These are the finest accommodations in town".

  Frances Carlson : [to Howie]  Hi.

  Howie : Hi. Look, Ron... we only got two rooms left.

  Ron Desjardins : Me and the missus don't need but one. As long as it's got them Magic Fingers in there. It drives the missus wild, them thangs.

  Howie : And you gotta be quiet.

  Ron Desjardins : [serious, pulling the notebook toward himself]  Where do we register?

  Howie : [closing the notebook on Ron's fingers]  203.

  Howie : [he holds the key out to Frances]  See if you can make him behave, okay?

  Ron Desjardins : [Ron grabs the key first]  Have room service send up a tub of goose grease and two bottles of Moxie.

  [he winks at Howie] 

  Frances Carlson : Ron!