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Sit down, Dave. I had a call from upstairs.

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

You can hear this line at 00:18:26.531 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You said she wasn't attacked.

- Well, that's not unusual in this type case.

- I'd say pretty definitely it was psychopathic.

- You saw those cigarette burns on her body.

- Yeah, I saw them. Every single one of them.

- What's that name again, Sergeant?

- Miss Chapman. Lucy Chapman.

- The lieutenant's been buzzing you every 10 minutes. He didn't say what for.

- Sit down, Dave. I had a call from upstairs.

- What have you been bothering Mrs. Duncan about?

- Just routine.

- Well, the first time was, not the second visit.

- Did she complain?

- Somebody did.

- It was bad judgment to bother a cop's widow about the love life of her husband.

- Good or bad, it was my judgment.

- You're missing the point. I'm the one that gets the pressure calls from upstairs. I'm the one that has to explain.

[...]

The Big Heat (1953) Sound Clip

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

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