When the right case comes along, I'll give it to ya. Wife beater, something like that.
5 seconds sound clip from the Remember the Night (1940) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:05:43 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Nah, she's got a record. This is her third offense.
- Well, that's good, that's good.
- A first offender at Christmastime is tougher than tiger meat.
- Look at that chart... conviction's only 78 per 100 as against 82 per 100 last year.
- Say, can I handle this case, boss? I'll get you a conviction.
- Ah, you probably could handle it as well as some of these dopes.
- When the right case comes along, I'll give it to ya. Wife beater, something like that.
- Your face isn't right to prosecute a woman.
- Nothing doing, Tom, nothing doing. We'll get Sargent on this one.
- Sargent? What's his face got that mine hasn't got?
- Whatever it is, he's never lost a case for me yet.
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