You're gonna make him a dead hero, but you figure, knowing what I do, you gotta kill me first to make it stick.

7 seconds sound clip from the Kojak - Season 1, Ep. 5 - Girl in the River movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:32:44 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Don't you know I can put the cuffs on you and drag you downtown as a material witness? So put that thing down.

- Yeah, and then I get blown away trying to escape, right?

- Could've shot you in self-defense. What's this a bagel? Huh?

- Gee. You're a real short fuse, Sammy.

- I mean, Tom Donnelly's dead, but that doesn't mean that you're next. Or does it?

- You're gonna make him a dead hero, but you figure, knowing what I do, you gotta kill me first to make it stick.

- Everyone wants to kill you. But tell me why?

- 'Cause I tipped Donnelly and Geno on those fur loft burglaries they staked out.

- Look, my scam was right-on. It was bona fide, confidential. I mean, no one else knew till I told them.

- Someone set you with the wrong information, and then they hit the other place.

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