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If I'd had any sense, I'd have turned in my badge.

3 seconds sound clip from the The Big Heat (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:32:53.732 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Do you mind if I put my two cents in?

- No, honey, I don't mind.

- I've been thinking about Lieutenant Wilks.

- That leaning tower of jelly.

- You know how long he and his wife have looked forward to retirement. We've done it ourselves when we've looked that far ahead.

- Wilks only has a few more years to go. He's worried about his pension.

- If I'd had any sense, I'd have turned in my badge.

- Your big trouble, honey, is that you attack yourself from all sides, like Jersey mosquitoes.

- You don't want to quit the department, not for one minute.

- What am I supposed to do... hold on to my job by just stringing along? Afraid to look to the left or to the right because I might see something that they don't want me to see?

- If you do, you're gonna have trouble from me.

- Just keep leading with your chin and don't you compromise.

- That's what I wanted to hear you say. Thanks, inspector.

[...]

The Big Heat (1953) Sound Clip

The Big Heat (1953) posterListen to the best quotes from the classic 1953 film noir The Big Heat, with short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Glenn Ford (Dave Bannion), Gloria Grahame (Debby Marsh), Lee Marvin (Vince Stone)

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