Because it's logic. You're the biggest parlor in my precinct.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Asphalt Jungle (1950) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:31:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You mean you have to haul me downtown and book me?
- I thought you were a friend of mine!
- All right, but why me? Why pick on me?
- Because it's logic. You're the biggest parlor in my precinct.
- I just hate to have it happen. I just hate it, that's all.
- Well, all right. Close up tight. Keep the place dark. Don't answer any phones.
[...]