When you've got a gun, you are a sort of God. If you had the gun, I'd be the chump and you'd be the God. The gun gives you the power of life and death.
11 seconds sound clip from the Suddenly (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:08:29 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You're sick, man. You're sick.
- Don't play God just because you've got a gun.
- But, you see, sheriff, that's the way it is.
- It's a funny sort of feeling, to have control of life and death. You musta had it during the war.
- You could miss the man if you had a mind to, or you could kill him dead in his tracks.
- And that made you kind of god. And I liked it.
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