I don't care what he is. If it wasn't for him, your impartial chief of police would still have the wrong man behind bars.
6 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:48:36.426 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Now, Chief, what's all this Miss Colbert's been tellin' me about a-a cover-up arrest?
- No, ma'am, we ain't had no cover-up. In fact, we just dropped the charges for insufficient evidence.
- Miss Colbert, I told you he was nobody's man.
- Yeah, well, he comes from up North, you see, and he was kinda... passin' through.
- I want that officer given a free hand.
- Otherwise... I will pack up my husband's engineers... and leave you... to yourselves.
- I wanna see you come through this now. You hear?
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