Tank (1984)

Actors: Lalo Schifrin (composer), Bob Hannah (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Shirley Jones (actress), G.D. Spradlin (actor), Marvin J. Chomsky (director), Danny Nelson (actor), C. Thomas Howell (actor), J. Don Ferguson (actor), Guy Boyd (actor), James Cromwell (actor), James Garner (actor), Sandy Ward (actor), John Hancock (actor), Wallace Merck (actor),

Plot: Sergeant Major Zak Carey is serving what is his final tour of duty at an Army base in Clemens, Georgia. Zak doesn't like the way the Army keeps the base and the bar is not what he's accustomed to. So he goes off base to get a beer. When he goes to the bar one of the local prostitutes tries to come on to Zak but Zak turns her down. That's when the deputy who appears to be her pimp beating her up. That's when Zak strikes him. Later he learns that the Sheriff is corrupt and takes what happened to the Deputy as an attack on him and tries to get Zak but the Army backs him and Zak is not intimidated. That's when they arrest his son on trumped up drug charges. Before Zak can fix it, his wife tries to get a lawyer for their son but this only pushes the Sheriff to send their son to a prison farm. With no other recourse Zak gets into his own vintage Sherman Tank and busts his son out and they try to make it to the state line so that they can expose the Sheriff.

Keywords: action-violence, against-the-system, american-soldier, armor, cannabis, cannon, corrupt-official, evil-sheriff, false-accusation, family-relationships
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Sergeant major Zack Carey believed in Truth, Justice and America. Until the sheriff of a little town put his only son into jail of a crime he hadn't done. And now sergeant major Zack Carey has changed his mind. (original Finnish poster tagline) A tank a day keeps the law away. (DVD tagline) Sergeant-Major Zack Carey takes the law into his own hands with help from his own personal tank (Video Australia) James Garner's at war -- and driving a Sherman Tank

Quotes:

Zack: We're not runnin' from the law. We're runnin' *to* the law.

Reporter: Why would anyone want to own a Sherman tank?::Zack: Because it's very hard to shoot yourself while you're cleaning it.

Sheriff Buelton: Do you believe in Wonder Woman?

Sheriff Buelton: Did you just call me a pussy communist?

Sheriff Buelton: They're gonna lose, General. They're goin' down in flames and you're gonna help me do it. I just got back from the governor's office, and I can have him call you or he can call your superior if that's the way you want it. But, either way, I'm gonna see some tanks rollin' out here to stop that maniac.::Maj. Gen. V.E. Hubik: Go ahead, call anyone you like, sheriff. I don't take orders from governors. Sergeant Major Carey's resigned. Besides, he's committed no major crime in my jurisdiction.::Sheriff Buelton: He stole a god damn tank!::Maj. Gen. V.E. Hubik: It's his tank he can do what he wants with it! The most I've got him on is busting a twenty foot section of fence.::Sheriff Buelton: General, I am the local civilian authority and I am hereby making a formal request of the military to do everything in its power to assist and aid me in apprehending known...::Maj. Gen. V.E. Hubik: Posse Comitatus, sir.::Sheriff Buelton: Did you call me a pussy communist?::Maj. Gen. V.E. Hubik: The U.S. Army is, by an act of congress; Posse Comitatus act, specifically precluded from enforcing civilian law outside the military reservation.::Sheriff Buelton: Pussy communist?::Maj. Gen. V.E. Hubik: That means I do not have the authority to provide you with a single piece of military equipment or personnel without a direct order from my superior or the President of the United States. I can give you his address, if you'd like.

Man: What're ya'll doing?::Biker: Stealin'

Zack: I do believe I got you covered.

Deputy Euclid Baker: Someone better have a damn good reason for pounding on my door at 7 in the mornin'. Gonna spend some time in my jail. [Exiting the Sheriff's Office]::Zack: I do believe I got you covered. [Pointing main cannon at Deputy]::Deputy Euclid Baker: Oh, Lord.

Sheriff Buelton: Ok Sambo, Ok... You win this one... But there's more than one way to skin a cat.::Sfc. Ed Tippet, Provost Marshal's Office: You better believe there is, Jim.

Sheriff Buelton: It's going to be my great pleasure to shoot that sergeant in his privates.