Man at Mailbox Quotes in Magnum Force (1973)

Man at Mailbox: [seeing Harry take apart a mailbox] Hey, what's going on down here?

Harry Callahan: Taking apart the mailbox, what does it look like?

Man at Mailbox: Well you people live here, right? What the hell are you doing to the mailbox, did you lose your key?

Harry Callahan: Why don't you mind your own goddamn business?

Man at Mailbox: Ummm. That's my mailbox too, now. Don't you get smart with me!

[after a moment]

Man at Mailbox: Tampering with the mail's a federal offense. I'm calling the police.

[starts to head upstairs to do so]

Harry Callahan: I am the police.

Man at Mailbox: [comes back down] What?... oh. The cop who lives upstairs?

[Harry has the mailbox open now and finds a miniature bomb inside, with a red light lit up on it. He takes it out and clicks a button causing the red light to go out]

Man at Mailbox: What's that?

Harry Callahan: Plastic explosive.

Man at Mailbox: [quavering voice] A bomb?

Harry Callahan: Yeah, that's right. If you'd bothered me any more, we'd all be stuck to the ceiling now. Here... would you like to hold it?

Man at Mailbox: No no, I don't want to get involved!

[runs upstairs]