With you dead, the big heat follows... the big heat for Lagana, for Stone and for all the rest of the lice.

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

You can hear this line at 01:11:57.737 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- A city is being strangled by a gang of thieves, and you protect Lagana and Stone for the sake of a soft, plush life.

- The coming years are going to be just fine.

- There aren't gonna be any coming years for you. None at all.

- I don't threaten easily.

- If anything happens to you, the evidence comes out. That's the way you arranged it, didn't you, bright lady? You got it all put away someplace.

- That's how you kept Lagana over a barrel. But I'm not Lagana.

- With you dead, the big heat follows... the big heat for Lagana, for Stone and for all the rest of the lice.

- Mr. Lagana is an excellent life insurance agent.

- What's the trouble?

- Why, nothing, Officer.

- This is Police Sergeant Bannion.

- Sorry, Sergeant. We got a call there was trouble.

- Sergeant Bannion... Oh, I'm sorry. It's ex-sergeant, isn't it?

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