From the start. The beginning. It all happened so fast. It was only eight months ago that I came back.

9 seconds sound clip from the Criss Cross (1949) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:13:31.103 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Relax. Everything's gonna be all right.

- I don't know, Steve. I guess you're right. I guess I'm just kind of nervous lately.

- Sure. Take it easy. You got a long ride ahead of you.

- It's a 40-minute run to San Rafelo. Yeah, that's right.

- After it's done, after it's all over and we're safe, it'll be just you and me, you and me, the way it should've been all along from the start.

- From the start. The beginning. It all happened so fast. It was only eight months ago that I came back.

- I came home. The Los Angeles sun was shining, the way it's always supposed to.

- The old trolley line looked the same, the old street, the old houses. I was glad to be back.

- I'd been all over the country. I connected with a trucking outfit in Chicago.

- Did construction work down south. Drifted around the Oklahoma oil fields. Jobs like that, one after the other, until finally I got her out of my system.

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