He didn't say I was too dumb for this job, but that's what he meant.
6 seconds sound clip from the Dark Command (1940) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Folks, it's true. I don't know much about the law. Ain't had much book-learnin'.
- But the good lord gave me a nose for smellin' a horse thief a mile off.
- And what you need in these parts, is a marshal that's better at smellin' than spellin'.
- Mr. Cantrell here says that I'm honest, that I ain't afraid of nothin'.
- He didn't say I was too dumb for this job, but that's what he meant.
- I'm dumb enough to think that smart marshals do their shooting' first, their talkin' afterward.
- But remember this: before you can try 'em for anything, you gotta catch 'em.
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