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Well, one thing makes sense. If you haven't got a body, you can't prosecute for murder.

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

You can hear this line at 01:01:37.035 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Where are the bodies?

- In the marsh.

- He says the bodies are in the marsh.

- Get the city engineers over. Have them send out steam shovels, and dig up that whole area where we found the station wagon.

- How many bodies do you think we'll find?

- I'm afraid to guess. Any outfit that has its own undertaker is operating on a pretty big scale.

- Identify any of the others?

- Whoever did these jobs is very thorough. An attempt has been made to remove all identification.

- Here's the list of victims we know so far. Doesn't make any sense. They were all kinds of people. No connection. Just doesn't make any sense at all.

- Well, one thing makes sense. If you haven't got a body, you can't prosecute for murder.

- Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make sure these would never be found.

- Murder for profit. I want the guys who got paid for all this.

- The boys in the press room are getting restless. What'll I tell them?

- Give them the story.

- Give the papers their names, addresses, and pictures of everybody we've identified. Spread it around. Blast it over the radio, and make them think we got 100 leads. Give somebody a bad time. Somewhere, someone will crack.

- But I got to get out of here. I got to get out of the country.

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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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