The Rainmaker (1997)

Danny DeVito: Deck Shifflet

Photos 

Quotes 

• Deck Shiffler : [after waking Rudy with a before-sunrise phone call]  Guess who died last night?

  Rudy Baylor : Who? Do you ever sleep?

  Deck Shiffler : Harvey Hale! Age 62, quite a pedigree.

  Rudy Baylor : Judge Hale?

  Deck Shiffler : Yep. Croaked with a heart attack, dropped dead by his swimming pool.

  Rudy Baylor : You gotta be kidding me!

  Deck Shiffler : Guess which newly-made judge was assigned to Great Benefit's case?

  Rudy Baylor : How the hell am I supposed to know that, Deck?

  Deck Shiffler : Tyrone Kipler. Black, Harvard, civil-rights lawyer. Hates Tinley Britt, and he's tough on insurance companies. You know what a Rainmaker is, kid? The bucks are gonna be falling from the sky.

• Rudy Baylor : What's wrong with ethics?

  Deck Shiffler : Nothing... I guess.

• J. Lyman 'Bruiser' Stone : Congratulations on... what the hell is that?

  Deck Shiffler : Iced tea.

• Deck Shiffler : What they don't teach you in law school could get you hurt!

• Rudy Baylor : Well, they didn't teach me how to chase ambulances!

  Deck Shiffler : Well, you better learn quick or you're going to starve.

• Deck Shiffler : There's nothing more thrilling than nailing an insurance company.

• Deck Shiffler : In law school, they don't teach you what ya need to know. It's all theories and lofty notions and big fat text books.

  Rudy Baylor : What's wrong with that?

  Deck Shiffler : Nothing, I guess.