- You're gonna need a cover story.
- Why do we need a cover story?
- For the getaway.
5 seconds sound clip from the Criss Cross (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:59:14.903 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Here. Take a drink, you deserve it.
- In the Rubel ice factory holdup years ago, they knocked off an armored truck for $427950.
- But the cops caught 'em, every one. They're all dead now. Electric chair, everything.
- Yeah, I realize. But 400 grand...
- She just stepped outside for a paper.
- You're gonna need a cover story.
- Why do we need a cover story?
- I told you, that's the ticklish part, the most intricate. That's where you'll need the oil truck.
- One of those big ones? What for?
- To stall at the proper time and block the bridge.
- Oh, jam the truck sideways, right across the road.
- Mmm-hmm.
- That'll give your people a bit of a head start for the getaway.
[...]