L.A. Confidential Quote
Captain Dudley Smith : Edmund, you're a political animal. You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach.
Ed Exley : You're wrong, sir.
Captain Dudley Smith : Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
Ed Exley : Dudley, we've been over this.
Captain Dudley Smith : Yes or no, Edmund?
Ed Exley : No!
Captain Dudley Smith : Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
Ed Exley : No.
Captain Dudley Smith : Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer...
Ed Exley : No.
Captain Dudley Smith : Then, for the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have...
Ed Exley : Dudley, I know you mean well, but I don't need to do it the way you did. Or my father.
Ed Exley : You're wrong, sir.
Captain Dudley Smith : Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
Ed Exley : Dudley, we've been over this.
Captain Dudley Smith : Yes or no, Edmund?
Ed Exley : No!
Captain Dudley Smith : Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
Ed Exley : No.
Captain Dudley Smith : Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer...
Ed Exley : No.
Captain Dudley Smith : Then, for the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have...
Ed Exley : Dudley, I know you mean well, but I don't need to do it the way you did. Or my father.
Movie: L.A. Confidential
