The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)
The Bullet (1972)
Michael Douglas: Inspector Steve Keller
Quotes
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Detective Lt. Mike Stone : [Stone looks at the book Keller presented him as a gift] Poems? Poetry?
Inspector Steve Keller : It's Ezra Pound. Remember Williams talking about him at the school?
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Yeah, I remember. He talked to his class about him, yeah.
Inspector Steve Keller : That's right. That's for you.
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : [Reading a random page] Oh, now wait a minute. I can't read this.
Inspector Steve Keller : Why not?
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Listen: "Raineth drop and staineth slop." Oh, come on now.
Inspector Steve Keller : Wait a minute, what?
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Yeah. "Raineth drop and staineth slop. Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us." Now come on. Isn't poetry supposed to be clear and to the point?
Inspector Steve Keller : That's right.
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Well, I've got something clear and to the point for you, young fella.
Inspector Steve Keller : [Watching as Stone pulls a card from his pocket] What is this?
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Sit quietly. "You have a right to remain silent." Is that clear?
Inspector Steve Keller : That's clear.
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : "Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law." Is that to the point?
Inspector Steve Keller : That's to the point.
Detective Lt. Mike Stone : All right, then get going!
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Detective Lt. Mike Stone : I don't want the coroner to give me that bullet. I want it from him right now, so come along, we're going to the hospital.
Jeff Williams : I don't think so, Lieutenant. You don't have that authority. You're a policeman; I shouldn't have to tell you the law.
Inspector Steve Keller : The law?
Jeff Williams : Mm-hmm. I did some checking, and it seems among the other personal guarantees in this country is the guarantee that our bodies are inviolate. Not even the Supreme Court can force a man to submit to a surgical operation. That's the law, gentlemen. And I'm sure that, as officers sworn to uphold it, you won't do anything to make me break it.