The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

Charles Durning: Ross

Quotes 

• Ross : [Talking about Cooper]  He made the mousetrap himself. All we did was feed him a piece of cheese.

  Brown : About this piece of cheese, sir. What's going to happen to him?

  Ross : What?

  Brown : Wouldn't it bother you to send an innocent man to his grave?

  Ross : Are you serious? We're talking about my career.

  Brown : But I'm the one who picked him, sir.

  Ross : Don't tell me you're having a guilty conscience.

  Brown : It was his shoe. I could have picked a black man with a green raincoat. There was a Japanese guy with five cameras. I could have picked him. But I preferred the guy with the red shoe.

  Ross : Brown, you're not being paid to be a philosopher. Wait until you retire. Tell Virdon and Reese to clear off and take a well-earned rest. They must be tired.

  Brown : But what am I supposed to do with the Red Shoe?

  Ross : [as the helicopter takes off]  Save him for your memoirs.

• Ross : [Closing lines]  And the Man With One Red Shoe. What's going to happen to him?

  Brown : He'll be just fine.

  Ross : And the girl?

  Brown : The deal was her testimony for her freedom. I think it was a fair exchange.

  Ross : Well, I don't think so.

  Brown : [as Brown get on the helicopter]  Well, since you're no longer director of CIA, and I am, it doesn't matter what you think.

  [Ross gives him a angry look as the helicopter takes off]