- What do you want to know for?
- Because I want to help you.
5 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:59:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Your faculties of observation are remarkable.
- Indeed.
- Tell me, how long have you been in this predicament?
- I don't believe you. An attractive, intelligent girl like you would have done better.
- Thanks.
- Now tell me the truth. You're just out of a hospital or a jail. Which is it?
- What do you want to know for?
- Precisely. And I ask nothing in return.
- What is this, the Salvation Army?
- Very well. If that's the way you feel, you're at liberty to go on your way.
- Well, if you must know, I'm just out of jail.
[...]