The Hoodlum (1951)

Stuart Randall: Lt. Burdick

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• [Breckenridge is watering the plant. The police Lieutenant Burdick has arrived] 

  Lt. Burdick : Mr. Breckenridge?

  Breckenridge : Yes.

  Lt. Burdick : Police. The funeral that left here a short while ago. I want some information.

  Breckenridge : Is there anything wrong?

  Lt. Burdick : That's what I'm trying to find out. Was there anything out of the ordinary about that funeral?

  Breckenridge : There was. But I hardly see how that concerns the police.

  Lt. Burdick : Listen, Mr. Breckenridge, this is not morbid curiosity on my part. There are two dead men out on that street. That funeral procession must have passed a moment before they were killed. Come on quit hedging, I want the details.

  Breckenridge : Very well. There was the unusual request that the deceased that he'd be interred at the precise moment of his birth. 1101. There was...

  Lt. Burdick : How many people were there?

  Breckenridge : Only the family were present. 3.

  Lt. Burdick : For 2 cars?

  Breckenridge : Oh, no. They used only one. Their own.

  [Lt. Burdick is going to report it to the police in the news]