(in his Golden Globe-nominated performance) as a bounty hunter
and Charles Grodin
as his prisoner.
The film was followed by three made-for-TV movies produced in 1994, which did not feature any of the principal actors, although a few characters are carried over from the first film.
Jack Walsh (Robert DeNiro) is a tough-mannered bounty hunter, who doesn't play by the rules.
Let me describe the scene to you: There's these guys, see? And they've probably been up for, like, two days. They stink of B.O, they have coffee breath, they're constipated from sittin' on their asses for so long, they are sitting in a van, and it's probably parked right up the street from your office. But now, you guys are gonna have to pack up your shit and go home, because I'm on to you, you dumb fucks! Eddie, your phone is tapped!
[after being questioned by Agent Mosley] Fucking fed stole my cigarettes.
[after Mosley pockets Dorfler's cigarettes during their second encounter] Why don't you just quit? It'd be cheaper for both of us!