The Outsiders (1983)

Matt Dillon: Dallas Winston

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• [Dallas yells at a doctor after seeing Johnny die] 

  Dallas : WHY DO YOU BOTHER HELPING PEOPLE, HUH? It doesn't do any good.

• Dallas : [passing Ponyboy while lying on a stretcher at the hospital after saving the children from the burning church]  You ever pull a stunt like that again, I'll kill you.

• Dallas : We gotta win that fight tonight. We gotta get even with those Socs! Let's do it for Johnny, man. We'll do it for Johnny!

• Johnny : What's goin' on, Dal?

  Dallas : [Smoking a cigarette]  We're early.

  Ponyboy : What do you want to do?

  Dallas : [Smiles]  Nothin' legal, man. Let's get outta here.

• Johnny : Leave her alone, Dal.

  Dallas : What'd you say?

  Johnny : Come on, you heard me. Leave her alone.

  Dallas : What'd you say, you little shit? What'd you say to me? Wiseass.

• Dallas : What do you guys want?

  Ponyboy : Johnny killed a Soc.

  Dallas : What? Alright. Good for you. Let's go.

  Johnny : Well I figured you could get us out if anyone could, Dal. I- I'm sorry I got you away from this party and all but I just don't know what to do, man.

  Dallas : Nah. I was just uh... I was just trying to get some sleep. I got in a fight with Sheppard tonight. Wait a minute. Let me think about this mess. Get in.

  [pulls Ponyboy and Johnny inside] 

  Dallas : Ponyboy, are you wet?

• Dallas : I don't like little kids. I just, I just don't like them.

• Dallas : Here, I thought this might cool you off.

  [hands Cherry a coke and sits right next to her] 

  Cherry : [takes the straw out of her coke and throws it in Dally's face]  Maybe that'll cool YOU off, Greaser... when you learn to talk and act decent, then maybe I'll cool off too.

  Dallas : [wipes some of the coke off his face and goes in for Cherry]  Firey, huh? Just the way I like them!

  Cherry : [tries to push Dallas off]  GET OFF OF ME!

  Dallas : Come on...

  Johnny : Look, leave her alone, Dal!

  Dallas : What'd you say?

  Johnny : [a little bit frightened]  Come on Dal, you heard me.

  Dallas : What'd you say? What'd you say you little shit? What'd you say to me?

  Johnny : Come on...

  Dallas : Wiseass!

  [seconds later he gets up and leaves] 

  Ponyboy : Now you blew it.

  Cherry : [Turns to Johnny]  Thank you... he had me scared to death!

  Johnny : You sure didn't show it. Ain't nobody ever talk to Dal like that!

  Cherry : From what I saw, you do.

• Motorcycle Cop : [Pulls Dallas over for speeding]  Where's the fire?

  Dallas : [Lying]  This kid fell off his motorcycle, I'm taking him to the hospital.

  Motorcycle Cop : Is he hurt bad?

  Dallas : How should I know? I ain't no doc.

  [Cop goes away] 

  Dallas : Sucker.

• Nurse : What's happened to your gown?

  Dallas : I threw it away.

  Nurse : [rolls eyes]  I can't wait till you're outta here.

  Dallas : Get out, just get out! You're making me sick in my stomach.

  [laughs] 

• Dallas : [at the drive-inn, Dallas, Ponyboy and Johnny sit behind two girls, both Socs]  Some cute redhead, huh?

  Dallas : [leans forward and into Cherry's ear]  Are you a reeaal red?

  Dallas : [she giggles slightly, but keeps her eyes on the movie]  Are you real? How can I find out if this is your real red hair? If this is the same red hair that you have on your... your...

  [motioning to her skirt, then quickly to her face] 

  Dallas : ... these eyebrows.

  Cherry : [Dallas sits back and laughs. Cherry gives him an incredulous glare]  Get your feet off my chair and shut your trap.

  Dallas : Who's gonna make me, huh?

  [rolling his eyes] 

  Dallas : Who, your boyfriend?

  Cherry : You'd better leave us alone, or I'll call the cops.

  Dallas : [sarcastically, in mock fright]  Oh, my, my! You've got me scared to death. What am I gonna do now, Pony? This girl's making me shake.

  Cherry : Can't you just leave us alone? Be nice and leave us alone?

  Dallas : [grins]  I'm never nice.

  Dallas : [sitting up next to her again]  Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola, or a...

  Cherry : [interrupting]  Get lost, hood!

  Dallas : Wow, I'm sorry, I didn't know you had this problem with... yelling in my face.

  Dallas : [stands up]  Alright, I'll go. I know when I'm not wanted.

• Dallas : I'm sorry. I didn't know you had this problem with yelling in my face.

• Dallas : I was crazy, you know that, Pony? I was crazy for wanting Johnny to stay out of trouble. If he was smart, like me, he wouldn't be in this mess. If he was smart like me, he wouldn't have ran into that church man. You better wise up Pony. You better wise up man. You get TOUGH like me and you don't get hurt! You watch out for yourself, and nothing can touch you man!

• Dallas : You think my old man gives a hang if I'm dead in a car wreck or drunk or in jail or something, he doesn't care but that doesn't bother me. You're not going anywhere.

• Ponyboy : I'm freezing, man.

  Dallas : Why didn't you bring a coat, stupid?

  Ponyboy : I forgot.

• Dallas : Johnny, you don't know what a few months in jail can do to you, man. You get mean in jail, I just don't wanna see that happen to you like it happened to me, man. Understand?

• ["shooting" at cops] 

  Dallas : You're never gonna get me alive!

• [a little girl with a kid comes over to Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny] 

  Little Girl : Do you have 15 cents?

  Dallas : I don't have any money.

  Little Girl : Do you have a dime?

  Dallas : Go away. We're busy here.

  Little Girl : Do you...?

  Dallas : [Annoyed by now]  Go away! Get out of here!

  Dallas : [When she is gone]  That was a close call.

• [the church is on fire] 

  Johnny : What's going on?

  Ponyboy : Wonder how that started.

  Dallas : Jesus Christ!

• Dallas : You'd better wise up, Pony... you get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you, man.

• Dallas : [after Ponyboy gets jumped]  How's the kid?

  Ponyboy : I'm fine. What are you doin' outta the cooler, Dal?

  Steve : Yeah? And what are you doin' walkin' by your lonesome on the street?

  Ponyboy : It's none of your business, smarty.

  Steve : What do you mean, none of my business? It is my business. Look at my nose!

  Ponyboy : It's huge.

  Steve : Smartass. He is a smartass kid.

• Dallas : Don't you know a rumble ain't a rumble without me?

• Cherry : Can't you leave us alone? BE NICE AND LEAVE US ALONE!

  Dallas : I'm never nice. Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola or a 7-Up?

  Cherry : GET LOST, HOOD!

• [repeated line] 

  Dallas : [muttering]  Sucker.

• Dallas : You think my old man gives a hang if im dead in a car wreck, or drunk, or in jail or somethin', he doesn't care, but that doesn't bother me none. You're not going anywhere.

• Cherry : GET LOST, HOOD!

  Dallas : God, I didn't know you had this problem with, with yelling in my face.

• Dallas : [to the little kids in the lot]  What? Look, now don't get wise. I don't like little kids, just don't like 'em. GET OUT OF HERE!

  [chases kids out of the lot] 

• Dallas : Man, I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap, Jesus Christ!

• Dallas : Man, that little broad sure does hate me. I offered to take her over to the Dingo for a Coke, and she told me to go to hell. So you think she might like me a little bit? Huh?

• Dallas : Hey, you gotta cancer stick, Johnny?

• Dallas : What do they do for kicks around here anyway? Play checkers or something? This place is out of it.

• Dallas : [Complete Novel]  My broad was two-timin' me again when I was in jail, man. It's cool.

• Dallas : [to Johnny. who lay dying in the hospital bed]  So this is what you get for helpin' people, huh? You punk!