- Colored can't earn that kinda money, boy. Hell, that's more than I make in a month. Now, where did you earn it?
- Philadelphia.
- Mississippi?
- Pennsylvania.

— Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger)

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9 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:15.838 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Why don't you tell me how you killed Mr. Colbert, and I promise you you're gonna feel a whole lot better.

(Knocking on door) Not now!

- I was visiting my mother. I came in on the 12:35 from Brownsville. I was waiting to go out... on the 4:05.

- Yeah. Meanwhile, you just killed yourself a white man, just about the most important white man we got around here, and picked yourself up a couple hundred dollars.

- I earned that money, ten hours a day, seven days a week.

- Colored can't earn that kinda money, boy. Hell, that's more than I make in a month. Now, where did you earn it?

- Philadelphia.

- Mississippi?

- Pennsylvania.

- Now, just what do you do up there in little ol' Pennsylvania, earn that kinda money?

- I'm a police officer.

- Wood!

- Yes, sir!

- Did you question this man before you brought him in?

- No, sir.

- Would you mind takin' a look at that?

- Yeah! Oh, yeah!

[...]

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