I'm sorry I have to ask you these questions, but they want a full report downtown.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Big Heat (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:06:35.861 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- My name is David Bannion. I knew your husband slightly.

- Tom had many friends.

- Would you mind telling me what happened?

- When I first heard the shot, I was too surprised to move for a few seconds. Then I ran downstairs. When I found him, he was dead.

(Woman sobbing)

- I'm sorry I have to ask you these questions, but they want a full report downtown.

- Of course. When a policeman kills himself, the department gets worried.

- Well, that depends on the circumstances.

- There weren't any circumstances.

- Everything Tom ever did was clean and wholesome. That's the kind of man he was.

- Do you know why he took his life?

- Oh, it must have been his health. Several times the past few months, he complained about a pain along his left side.

[...]