“I sent you to cover a piece of fluff, and you come back with a hostage situation.”

Robert Prosky - Lou Potts

“- Col. Nick Alexander: The Algerian Commandos are going to break into the plane.
- Ingrid: No, don't. All the hostages in Beirut, they'll kill them all.
- Col. Nick Alexander: What hostages?
- Ingrid: The guys from the navy and all the Jews they took off the plane when the other hijackers came on.”
Lee Marvin - Col. Nick Alexander
Hanna Schygulla - Ingrid

“Ain't much difference between kidnapping and marriage. You get snatched from your parents, but in marriage nobody offers a reward.”
Harry Davenport - Pop Tolliver

“- Kevin Hollander: Sam Baily! You have 5 minutes to let the hostages go!
- Sam: Damn. I wanted it to be my idea.”

Alan Alda - Kevin Hollander
John Travolta - Sam

“Now children, you may see men walking around the halls with machine guns, but really you need not worry. They're just pretending.”

Sir Patrick Stewart - Bentley