But I do wanna thank you for offerin' me such a powerful piece of manpower as Virgil Tibbs.
6 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:52.573 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- No, sir, I'm not prejudiced.
- Yes, sir, I'm a police officer and they're police officers, but...
- Hello, this is Gillespie. Yes, sir, yes. Well, I...
- You don't say. He's your number one homicide expert. Well, my, my, my.
- Well, I don't think we need any help though. I think we can wrap this thing up ourselves. Yes, sir.
- But I do wanna thank you for offerin' me such a powerful piece of manpower as Virgil Tibbs.
- Yes, sir. Thank you. Yeah. Good-bye now.
- Oh, it's all there. We paid for the phone call ourselves.
- Well, now, you are the... you are the number one homicide expert.
- Boy, I bet you get to look at a lot of dead bodies, don't you?
- Lots.
- Well...
- Well, I... No, I just thought maybe you wouldn't mind takin' a look at this one.
- Because I've got a train to catch.
- Now, wait a minute. That train don't leave till 12 o'clock noon!
[...]
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Actors: Sidney Poitier (Virgil Tibbs), Rod Steiger (Bill Gillespie), Warren Oates (Sam Wood)
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