Why don't you just start by telling him the truth?
5 seconds sound clip from the Dirty Harry 1 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:02:28 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Chief says beat it, and that's an order.
- He wants to know what Gonzales was doing up there.
- He wants to know why we screwed everything up. Now, what the hell am I gonna tell him?
- Why don't you just start by telling him the truth?
- Tell him Gonzales was obeying orders from a superior. Me.
- Tell him you didn't know anything about it.
- And when this is over, if he wants my badge, well, he can have that too.
- You wouldn't have a belt of booze around here, would you?
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