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- Today, I went into the most dangerous business in the world.
- What's that?
- The murder business. But I'm taking the danger out of it.

13 seconds sound clip from the The Enforcer (1951) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:11:14.392 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The only chance for a guy like me is to start a new racket. And I got one. A brand-new one. One nobody ever thought of before.

- I must have kicked you in the head.

- I've given it a lot of thought. The business I got needs no investment. You can carry it around in your hat. All you need is a telephone.

- I don't see no money in a hat and a telephone.

- What job always pays the highest? The most dangerous one.

- Yeah.

- Today, I went into the most dangerous business in the world.

- What's that?

- The murder business. But I'm taking the danger out of it.

- You're really nuts.

- Look, how do the cops always catch a murderer? They find a motive. Once they find a motive, they've got the killer.

- I don't get it.

- Take this guy here. Who'd want to kill him?

- I don't know. Who?

- Not many people. His partner, if he's got one. Guy who owes him money, fellow he had an argument with. Maybe his wife.

- You see, it's easy for the cops. They've only got 4 or 5 people to look for. 4 or 5 people who have got a motive. But any one of them might want to see him dead.

[...]

The Enforcer (1951) Sound Clip

The Enforcer (1951)  posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1951 film noir "The Enforcer" (aka "Murder, Inc." in the UK).

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson), Zero Mostel (Big Babe Lazick), Ted de Corsia (Joseph Rico), Everett Sloane (Albert Mendoza)

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