Sharper Than the Original

The scene sits about ten minutes into The French Connection. Buddy Russo has been stabbed, and on the way out of the station Popeye Doyle tells him what the wound means. The exchange is short. Doyle calls Russo a dumb guinea. Russo asks how he was supposed to know the man had a knife. Doyle answers with the word that settles what Doyle is. Russo says the man could have been white. Doyle says, never trust anyone.

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