Ah, you shouldn't be working a police beat. I want you right at my elbow.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:23:04 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I'm sending Bensinger over to see you. Marvin, isn't it?
- Roy Bensinger, the poet. Put him right on the staff.
- How much you getting at the Tribune?
- $75.
- Give him $100 and a by-line.
- Is that truck on the way over yet? Good.
- They're coming to pick up your desk.
- My desk?
- Ah, you shouldn't be working a police beat. I want you right at my elbow.
- Now, get over to the office and report to Duffy.
- You mean, right now? Oh, I couldn't quit the Tribune just like that. It wouldn't be ethical.
- You don't owe them a damn thing.
- Well, they have been treating me rather shabbily.
- The way they edit my copy. They just butcher it.
[...]