Walter Chalmers Quotes in Bullitt (1968)

Walter Chalmers: Frank, we must all compromise.

Bullitt: Bullshit.

Walter Chalmers: Come on, now. Don't be naive, Lieutenant. We both know how careers are made. Integrity is something you sell the public.

Captain Bennett: Albert Edward Rennick, used car salesman, Chicago.

Walter Chalmers: Who's Rennick?

Frank Bullitt: He was the man who was shot at the Hotel Daniels. You sent us to guard the wrong man, Mr. Chalmers.

Walter Chalmers: Lieutenant, don't try to evade the responsibility. In your... parlance, you blew it. You knew the significance of his testimony, yet you failed to take adequate measures to protect him. So to you, it was a job, no more. Were it more, and you had the dedication I was led to believe...

Bullitt: You believe what you want. You work your side of the street, and I'll work mine.

Bullitt: Who else knew where he was?

Walter Chalmers: What?

Bullitt: Who else knew where he was?

Walter Chalmers: What are you implying?

Bullitt: Well, they knew where to look for him, and they used your name to get in.

Walter Chalmers: Are you suggesting I disclosed his whereabouts?

Bullitt: Well, somebody did. And it didn't come from us.

Walter Chalmers: I do not choose to have people accuse me of false promises for the sake of cheap sensationalism, or to be compromised by your lieutenant.