It took time. I was stopped twice. Prowl cars.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Asphalt Jungle (1950) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:37:39 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Have a little meal, beer, a cigar and go in comfort.
- I can see you're a man who likes his pleasures.
- Well, what else is there in life, I ask you?
- Bitte.
- You've been gone nearly two hours. What happened?
- It took time. I was stopped twice. Prowl cars.
- The neighborhood's crawling with coppers. You can't imagine...
- All right. Did you get a car? Yes.
- Here's the change. It only came to $400. I got it from Big Vivian.
- It's in pretty good shape, except the brakes need relining...
- Yes.
[...]