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Yes, sir, I'm a police officer and they're police officers, but...

4 seconds sound clip from the In the Heat of the Night (1967) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:20:26.068 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Here's the photos of the dead man, Chief.

- Okay.

- I got your chief on the phone. He wants to talk to you.

- Hello. Yes, sir. I'm sorry to have gotten you involved in this. I really had no choice.

- Mm-hmm. Yes, sir. Oh, you can't be serious, sir. I mean, even if I could be of some help, they wouldn't want it.

- 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.

[...]

In the Heat of the Night (1967) Sound Clip

In the Heat of the Night (1967) Poster

Memorable quotes from the movie In the Heat of the Night (1967), featuring short sound bites and sfx.

Actors: Sidney Poitier (Virgil Tibbs), Rod Steiger (Bill Gillespie), Warren Oates (Sam Wood)

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