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When barflies get killed, it's for any one of a dozen crummy reasons. You know that.

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

You can hear this line at 00:19:51.867 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I just got back from the county morgue.

- Hmm, the barfly? I read the Teletype about your identification.

- Lucy Chapman used to be Duncan's girlfriend.

- And the army's and navy's.

- Yeah, maybe so.

- She talks to me just once and, like that, she's dead.

- That's County Homicide's headache.

- Let's worry about this office. We're spilling over with unfinished business.

- Lucy Chapman was probably trying to shake down some sucker who wouldn't shake.

- When barflies get killed, it's for any one of a dozen crummy reasons. You know that.

- Let the Sheriff's Office sort out this jigsaw.

- Meanwhile, we'll stop pestering the widow. Okay?

- You still asking?

- No more. I'm telling you.

(Door closing)

- First I know Lucy's quitting is about 2:00 in the morning. She comes to me and asks to be paid off.

- Did she say why? I don't ask.

[...]

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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