I've seen this film dozens of times and NEVER caught this before.

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JurijFedorov — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 12:45 PM)

Just watched it again. While the beep is not 100% clear, that is what I hear. But you have to listen for it because it's much lower than the usual dialogue.
It is 100% NOT "mackerel". It sounds nothing like it.

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anarchyONtheSHORTbus — 12 years ago(February 15, 2014 12:10 PM)

I just watched it on demand on Encore, and he definitely drops a bomb.

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RRPounder — 12 years ago(March 08, 2014 04:02 PM)

Oh, yeahdefinitely the F bomb, and not long after he told Hackman to watch his language. One use of the word would still get it a pg-13 rating today. I'm not sure about the rule back in 72.

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IloveMuggy — 12 years ago(March 15, 2014 09:54 PM)

Just watched this scene and yes, the F-bomb was definitely dropped!

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Samclyde2 — 11 years ago(May 10, 2014 10:14 PM)

I'm sorry, it was confirmed in the text commentary on the DVD that he used the F-word, not the verbal commentary.
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EastCoastMariner — 11 years ago(September 22, 2014 09:20 AM)

I'm not surprised it was said in the movie, as the F-word was used in THE FRENCH CONNECTION the year before. That it made it to television, however, strikes me as amusing.

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AckbartheHutt — 6 years ago(October 02, 2019 10:53 AM)

no myth it was real…

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gribfritz2 — 11 years ago(December 17, 2014 01:49 PM)

So many wishful thinkers need their hearing checked. There's a whole extra syllable in there! So unless he said Holy Feckrel or something like that, I don't see how it could be an F-bomb.

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Samclyde2 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 09:44 PM)

Where'd you get "Feckrel" from? It sounded nothing like that. He clearly said "Holy f it's heavy."

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j13106 — 10 years ago(December 03, 2015 02:22 AM)

The Logo network bleeped it out when they showed the movie on 11/27/15.

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ABBAcat — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 02:18 AM)

I heard it too! Didn't hear him say "Holy." before though, just "F. it's heavy!" lol

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SealedCargo — 6 years ago(October 02, 2019 05:34 AM)

i just know that the hooker Rogo can't say any other word but Goddamn and Christ. she was more a preacher than Hackman.
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