The Rockford Files (TV Series)

The Empty Frame (1978)

Stuart Margolin: Angel Martin

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Quotes 

• Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : Aaron, when it's in the immediate family it's not called blackmail, it's called family spirit!

• Police commisoner Aaron Kiel : [the police commissioner drags his brother-in-law into a private room, both men missing their pants]  I want the addresses of the three people who held up this party, and I want them now!

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : What! You think I set this up?

  Police commisoner Aaron Kiel : Look, you just put down their names, I'll do my best to help you with the police! Write down their names!

  [he slaps a pad and pen down in front of Angel] 

  Police commisoner Aaron Kiel : Now write down their names! I wanna a name and I want it now!

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : You wanna name?

  Police commisoner Aaron Kiel : I wanna name!

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : All righty, I'm gonna give you a name.

  [he picks up the pen] 

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : C! That's for the community property that you'll be spliting. Y! That's for the youngish looks she has. N! That's for the nights you spent in Newport. T! That's for the telling of the wife. H...!

  Police commisoner Aaron Kiel : [looking uneasy]  Look, knock it off.

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : ...That's for the home you're gonna lose in Bel Air. I is for the interest for my silence, and A is for the alimony you gonna be stuck with. You wanna name, Aaron? There's a name for you. Cynthia. Anyway you spell it it means trouble!

• Jim Rockford : What's Chapman doing working the door?

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : Chapman and a couple of other off-duty cops are here acting as security cuz there's a lot of important people. We've got four police commissioners, we've got a deputy mayor, we've got two deputy police chiefs. Thing is bigger than Cher's birthday.

• Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : What I am tryin' to demonstrate to you is what true influence is worth. I'm not talkin' small time, I'm talkin' the big bag job in the sky!

  [Jim rolls his eyes] 

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : Anytime Chapman starts to bother you or any of your friends, you call Angel Martin. I'll have him crated and shipped to the apple orchard indefinitely, for which I'll pick up a little money or favor from...

  [he nods at Jim] 

  Jim Rockford : Well that could be dangerous, Angel. That's what's called influence peddling!

  Evelyn 'Angel' Martin : Peddling? I ain't a peddler. A peddler is a guy who stands on a corner and eats exhaust fumes!