- Maybe I'd better check with the chief.
- Maybe you'd better. I wouldn't want him to slap you down for steppin' out of line, makin' decisions on your own and all that.
10 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:44.179 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Get your trash and get outta here! Come on, move it and go!
- Well, you finally get the message, Virgil?
- Not yet.
- Could you follow the same route you followed Tuesday night? Same speed.
- Why?
- Why not?
- Maybe I'd better check with the chief.
- He don't knock me outta my socks.
- All you little birds better lock up tight 'cause there's a foul owl on the prowl tonight.
- Hey, little lark, get outta the dark, foul owl on the prowl.
- Cute little jay, stay outta his way, foul owl on the prowl.
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