- Anything wrong?
- Well, the guy is dead. We had him insured and it's gonna cost us dough. That's always wrong.

— Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

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6 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:00:52 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I tried to hold myself together, but I could feel my nerves pulling me to pieces.

- Oh, Walter?

- Hello, Keyes. (2)

- Come along. The big boss wants to see us.

- The Dietrichson case?

- Must be.

- Anything wrong?

- Well, the guy is dead. We had him insured and it's gonna cost us dough. That's always wrong.

- What have they got so far?

- Autopsy report. No heart failure, no apoplexy, no predisposing medical cause of any kind. Died of a broken neck.

- When's the inquest?

- Had it this morning. His wife and daughter made the identification.

- The train people and some of the passengers told how he went through to the observation car.

- It was all over in 45 minutes.

[...]

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