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- I prefer to execute it myself and make...
- How much?
- Half a million dollars. Maybe even more.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Asphalt Jungle (1950) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:10:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- How big is big?

- Too big for you, Cobby.

- Now, wait, Doc. I don't like to brag, but I'm doing all right. Makin' book. I'm in the chips.

- What kind of proposition is it?

- A plan for a caper. And it's a good one.

- I could sell it for $100000 on the open market, but that would be throwing money away.

- I prefer to execute it myself and make...

- How much?

- Half a million dollars. Maybe even more.

- Of course I will have to do a little checking, as the plan is some years old. But not much checking. Not much.

- I need roughly 50000 to operate.

- Fifty thousand? No, no, no, I don't see.

- Of course. I thought maybe Mr. Emmerich.

- What do you know about Mr. Emmerich?

- Only what I heard in the walls...

[...]

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Sound Clip

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Poster

Quotes from the movie The Asphalt Jungle (1950), featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Sterling Hayden (Dix Handley), Jean Hagen ("Doll" Conovan), James Whitmore (Gus Minissi), Marilyn Monroe (Angela Phinlay), Marc Lawrence (Cobby)

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