- I hear they're gonna hire a thousand men. Half of 'em would be colored.
- You know what that means?
- Probably got him killed.
- That's what Mrs. Colbert thinks.
10 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:51:31.640 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Works out all the way around, Bill, for all of us. Excuse me.
- Any reason why you have to leave today?
- What would you say if I I asked you to stay for a while?
- No.
- This town needs a factory, Virgil. Colbert come down from Chicago to build it.
- I hear they're gonna hire a thousand men. Half of 'em would be colored.
- That's what Mrs. Colbert thinks.
- She wants us to catch her a killer. No killer, no factory.
- Well, that's a lot of jobs for a lot of colored people. You follow me?
- Not mine! Yours! You made this scene.
- What do you want me to do? Beg you? Is that what you're after?
[...]
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