He was out. His wife told me he was away somewhere, working on the job.
5 seconds sound clip from the Criss Cross (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:15:16.292 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Come on, say something, you funny-lookin' little mutt. Can't you talk?
- I went to the drugstore to call up Ramirez. Pete Ramirez.
- We grew up together, he was an old friend. I thought I might drop over and kill an hour.
- But it all went one way that sunny afternoon. In the cards.
- He was out. His wife told me he was away somewhere, working on the job.
- Pete always had the night shift, but this afternoon he was on day duty. This particular afternoon.
- And then somehow, there I was, in the round-up. The old place, the old hangout.
- There I was, all right, looking for her, whether I felt like admitting it to myself or not.
- A little strange to see the place in the daytime. Empty, quiet, dim.
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