The Combination is growing stronger every day. The only way to crush it is to get the top man.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Big Combo (1955) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:06.314 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Now look, Lieutenant, I've got nothing against you personally. I admire you.
- You've got too many brains, but that's not your fault.
- Now, what about this $18600? How am I going to explain this to the Commissioner?
- Well, I've dictated an explanation if you want to use it.
- Memorandum to Captain Peterson covering expenditures of the 93rd Precinct station.
- The Combination is growing stronger every day. The only way to crush it is to get the top man.
- When Grazzi left the country, Brown...
- What do you think this is, a homicide investigation?
- You're dealing with the largest pool of illegal money in the world!
- You're fighting a swamp with a teaspoon.
- The Combination keeps no books, no records. Everything's run on word of mouth and hard cash!
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