Yes, sir, I'm a police officer and they're police officers, but...
4 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:26.068 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Here's the photos of the dead man, Chief.
- Okay.
- I got your chief on the phone. He wants to talk to you.
- Hello. Yes, sir. I'm sorry to have gotten you involved in this. I really had no choice.
- No, sir, I'm not prejudiced.
- Yes, sir, I'm a police officer and they're police officers, but...
- Hello, this is Gillespie. Yes, sir, yes. Well, I...
- You don't say. He's your number one homicide expert. Well, my, my, my.
- Well, I don't think we need any help though. I think we can wrap this thing up ourselves. Yes, sir.
- But I do wanna thank you for offerin' me such a powerful piece of manpower as Virgil Tibbs.
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