He'd been working on it. But he hadn't gotten very far with his homework.
5 seconds sound clip from the Dead Reckoning (1947) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:03:50.085 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Martinelli really had hauled freight in a hurry.
- After my trouble to get Martinelli outta here, this was gonna be dandy.
- I kept thinking, 'It had to be here somewhere'.
- Up to now, everything had gone like grief.
- Sure, he had the letter, all right.
- He'd been working on it. But he hadn't gotten very far with his homework.
- He was doing research on that letter but good. The Leising Book of Codes.
- Here was the real merchandise. I recognised Johnny's writing.
- Then, suddenly, I got a whiff of jasmine. For a second, I thought it might have been...
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