You're so bright, working on your own, you penny-ante gumshoe. You thought you saw something big, and you tried to horn in.

7 seconds sound clip from the Kiss Me Deadly movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:30:49.829 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Now give me the key.

- Will you make a deal for her?

- Please. The key.

- Sure. You'll make a deal for her, like you did for Christina. You held her under custody in a hospital, and you let her get away. You let her get killed... the way Raymondo and Kawolsky were killed. And Nick and maybe Carver, too, for all I know.

- Carver?

- Yeah. Surprised? What kind of an investigation are you running around here anyway?

- Lily Carver. Christina Bailey's roommate.

- We fished Carver's body out of the harbor over a week ago.

- You're so bright, working on your own, you penny-ante gumshoe. You thought you saw something big, and you tried to horn in.

- What about this dame who's passing herself off as Carver?

- How'd you get that?

- Now listen, Mike. Listen carefully. I'm going to pronounce a few words. They're harmless words, just a bunch of letters scrambled together. But their meaning is very important. Try to understand what they mean.

- Manhattan Project. Los Alamos. Trinity.

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