Corporal? I made sergeant.
4 seconds sound clip from the Suddenly (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:01:42 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I won a silver star. Where were you?
- Normandy to the Elbe, by way of the bulge.
- No. Bet you were one of those big-shot guys, huh? With the gold bar on the shoulder.
- No, no, I was a corporal. How about you?
- You didn't like officers. Officers. Big shots. Yes, sir. No, sir. Salute, sir. (spits) Big shots.
- And you don't like big shots. Not when you're bigger, sheriff.
- I killed more jerries than any five officers put together.
- I did some pretty good choppi' in the war. Pretty good.
- Like I said before, you're a born killer, that's all.
[...]