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You mean you don't want him. But you do need him.

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

You can hear this line at 00:49:54.499 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I wanna see you come through this now. You hear?

- Even if we have to step on Endicott's toes?

- Even that. But do it fast.

- All right.

- Now, Bill, uh, how 'bout this here Negro officer? Miss Colbert seems to have a lot of confidence in him.

- Oh, he ain't nothin'. He's some kind of a... some kind of a homicide expert. But I don't need him.

- You mean you don't want him. But you do need him.

- Now look, Bill. Suppose he turns up the killer. He has no police powers here. He's gonna have to hand him over on a platter, right?

- That's right.

- And if he fails, you're off the hook, 'cause it was Miss Colbert's idea in the first place. See what I mean?

- Oh, yeah.

- Works out all the way around, Bill, for all of us. Excuse me.

- Any reason why you have to leave today?

- There's lots of reasons.

- What would you say if I I asked you to stay for a while?

- No.

[...]

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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