What about you, Commissioner? How much would you give?

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

You can hear this line at 00:37:39.476 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But I am certain we'll find the answer in one of these old homicides. Wilks has eight men on it full time.

- Don't worry, there'll be a payoff.

- When?

- It's natural for you to be impatient. But these things take time.

- Sometimes they take forever.

- Now that's no way to talk.

- Why, there isn't a man in the entire department wouldn't give a month's pay to break this case.

- What about you, Commissioner? How much would you give?

- Just what are you inferring, Sergeant?

- I'm asking how much would you give, besides a lot of phony stories to the newspapers a pat on the back and a few kind words for me?

- Why don't we go to my office and talk?

- Oh, look, Dave, you've got to ease up. Take a few days off. I'll keep you informed.

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