“- David Walsh: Tell me the world is a fair place.
- Mr. Gartin: It's not, and try to remember that while your ass bleeds as you're being passed from nigger to wop in the showers at San Quinton.”

Matt Dillon - David Walsh
Peter Jason - Bill Gartin

“- Ricky Knight: I'd just got out of prison.
- Hugh: Prison? What was that for?
- Ricky Knight: Mainly violence.”
Nick Frost - Ricky Knight
Stephen Merchant - Hugh

“- Dellwo: What happened here today happens all the time, sir.
- Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin: So let me get this straight. You mean there's violence, in a prison packed with violent criminals?”
Paul Calderon - Dellwo
Robert Redford - Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

“One doesn't easily forget, Herr Baron, an arm torn out by the roots.”

Lionel Atwill - Inspector Krogh

“Alright, Joseph, you conduct the law your way on random sentimentality and you will have violence and disorder.”
Ronald Colman - Professor Michael Lightcap