Tango & Cash Page #4

Synopsis: Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon at the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
1989
104 min
1,710 Views


...and raise a beautiful litter.

Ciao.

Ciao.

You're half an hour late, a**hole!

I'm doing my best, boss.

Matt!

(DOGS BARK)

There he is!

FACE:

Let's go!

FACE:

Out of my way!

CASH:
What are you doing here?

TANGO:
I got Ionely.

I can't hold it all day!

(GUNSHOTS)

Sh*t!

Come on, Cash!

CASH:

This way!

TANGO:

Move it!

TANGO:
Your friend Matt

waltzed you into a trap!

How could you be so stupid?

Matt's dead.

They cut his throat ear to ear.

TANGO:

Ponytail!

This is the way.

CASH:
You'll like this.

It's the best ride in the park.

This way!

TANGO:
Know where you're going?

CASH:
Absolutely.

TANGO:
You know where you're going?

CASH:
Yes, exactly!

TANGO:

Then get your ass up there!

TANGO:

Come on!

TANGO:
This is the only way?

CASH:
No.

We can go back.

Let's go!

CASH:

This way!

- You sure this is the way?

- Exactly!

GUARD:

Let's go! Sector 4!

CASH:
Tango!

TANGO:
What?

CASH:

Don't touch those wires.

Thanks.

TANGO:
Know what?

CASH:
What?

I'm real tired of electricity.

Nag, nag, nag!

- Now what?

- No problem.

Slide down those wires

and we're home free.

That's your plan?

Yeah.

We'll fry.

You know anything about electricity?

If you only touch one wire

and don't touch the ground, you're safe.

Right?

I don't know.

Me either.

I owe you from back there.

So you can go first.

- You'd still owe me.

- I knew you'd say that.

If I don't make it, will you even try?

Depends how close you get.

FACE:

What's wrong?

Come on, dog!

Come on, dog! Heel!

GUARD:

Move it!

Come on, Tango!

Come on!

Speak, doggy!

TANGO:

That was fun.

CASH:
Jesus Christ! What did you do,

stop for coffee and Danish?

I hate Danish.

We have to get out of here.

- Nice doing time with you.

- Especially in the shower.

If it gets too hot in the streets...

...go to the Cleopatra Club.

Ask for Catherine.

- She'll know where I am.

- Got it!

Hey, Ray!

I really do owe you one.

REQUIN:

Quan and Lopez on line one.

Put them on.

Gentlemen, I've already heard

about the escape.

Mr. Perret...

...this is most disturbing.

We are being threatened by two maniacs.

I think we must take some action.

There you go thinking again.

That'll be the cause of your downfall.

Try to control your fear.

These men are convicted killers

and fugitives.

They won't last long on the outside.

Mr. Perret, we cannot rely

on the police. I insist...

Don't insist!

Insistent people make me angry.

Everything is under control.

Cover your tracks.

You're beautiful!

OWEN:

Hope they're all right.

(FEMALE VOICE OVER SPEAKER)

Attention, commencing live fire test.

Owen.

I knew you'd come here.

How'd you get out?

I need to change clothes.

Sure, sure.

We have the same taste in clothes.

Do you need a special weapon?

I need a big gun.

Are those big enough?

Perfect.

I always knew we had

the same taste in weaponry.

OWEN:
Check out my new invention

in senior citizen home protection.

Well, you know,

the gun boots are great.

CASH:

See you, buddy.

(EXPLOSION)

Knock, knock.

From the look of your diet,

you're not counting calories.

Too busy counting the money

you got for setting us up?!

I didn't set you up.

Am I judging you unfairly?

Hell, yes! I had nothing to do with it!

Nothing to do with it?

Can we be frank?

You're looking anemic.

You need a little iron in your diet.

You switched those weapons...

...and planted the murder weapon

at the scene, didn't you?

They paid me.

Who?

I don't know.

You FBI guys are brainy.

Think, think!

An Englishman with red hair.

And a ponytail.

"You're going down for this."

Remember those lyrics?

But you're going down.

It doesn't matter. They want me dead.

My life isn't worth sh*t.

That's true. But I need you anyway.

Take me in! I'll tell them

all I know! We'll help each other.

I hope you got paid well, Wyler.

Want to split it?

SKINNER:

Who are you?!

Why are you here?

Who the hell do you think you are?

Excuse me!

Who hired you?

Lucky it's soundproof. Nobody will

hear me beating the truth out of you.

You've got all my greatest hits.

And Tango's.

You put together a nice compilation.

He said he'd kill me.

- Who?

- He didn't say.

I swear!

And you got to authenticate

your own work.

I am the foremost expert.

Not for long if you keep

using this junky equipment.

It's state-of-the-art equipment.

What do you want to know?!

- How were you contacted?

- By phone.

- How'd he get the tape?

- By mail.

I forgot the address.

But I recorded the conversation.

- I can play it for you.

- Great!

TANGO:

Captain Schroeder, please.

He has to be there.

Would you check?

Tell him his favorite stockbroker

is back in town.

DOORMAN:
$5 cover charge.

CASH:
Sure.

CASH:
Catherine here?

WAITRESS:
Who?

Don't know her.

Catherine here tonight?

We have lots of Catherines.

CATHERINE:

Joe! Sticks!

CUSTOMER:
Where's my beer?

JOE:
You're distracting me.

CAPTAIN:

Cover that exit. Come with me.

CAPTAIN:

What do you think you're doing?

Hold it.

DANCER:
Kiki, nice work.

CASH:
Wait.

I'm Catherine.

Only one person calls me that.

Ray Tango said you could

help me find him.

I haven't seen Ray lately.

There's a police convention out there.

Is there someplace else we can talk?

Is he okay?

Not if I don't get out of here.

Through the alley.

They'll cover it.

Any other ideas?

Hey, Elvis!

What size are you?

CAPTAIN:

Hold it.

DETECTIVE:

Let's have a look.

Something wrong?

Let's go, Lynn!

Hey, Red.

Aerobics instructor?

Kiki?

Get your hands off my property.

OFFICER:

Any chance of a three-way?

OFFICER:

Dykes on bikes.

CASH:

So you knew who I was all along.

CATHERINE:
You and Ray have gotten

lots of press lately.

CASH:

I bet.

We were set up good!

CATHERINE:
I know. Ray couldn't have

done all the things he's accused of.

You I'm not so sure about.

God, how did this happen?

Sliding off a high-tension wire

into pine trees at 40 mph...

...tends to slip a disk or two.

Maybe we can slip it back in.

- How's that?

- Are you kidding?

Six or seven more hours

of this and I'll be fine.

CASH:

What's the story with you and Ray?

What do you mean?

You know.

Do you love him? Hate him?

None of the above?

CATHERINE:

I love him.

You do?

Of course. He loves me too.

He just has a funny way of showing it.

You guys see a lot of each other?

He comes and goes as he pleases.

That's insensitive.

But I live my own life.

Good for you.

Lower.

CASH:
Kiki?

CATHERINE:
Yeah?

CATHERINE:

Lower?

CASH:

Harder.

CATHERINE:

I'll move it around real slow.

CASH:
Don't stop.

CATHERINE:
I can do this all night.

CASH:

Prove it.

Faster.

CATHERINE:

More?

CASH:
Deeper.

CATHERINE:
My God!

CATHERINE:
I can feel it going in!

CASH:
Harder!

It's almost in!

CASH:

God! It's all the way in!

TANGO:

Hey, sleazebag!

SCHROEDER:

Ray?

Captain?

Do you screen all your guests?

Sorry.

Freeze! Drop the duck!

Tango?

Great police work!

Way to stay on top of it, Cash!

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