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Movie-Sounds.org › Classic Movie Quotes › The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

After all, crime is only... a left-handed form of human endeavor.

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7 seconds sound clip from the The Asphalt Jungle (1950) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:15:31 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, I... Well, I just had some bad news. A man who works for me got killed.

- Oh, how awful. Was it an accident?

- No. No, it was, uh, an intentional killing.

- Do they know who did it?

- No.

- Oh, when I think of all those awful people you come in contact with... Downright criminals - I get scared.

- Oh, there's nothing's so different about them.

- After all, crime is only... a left-handed form of human endeavor.

- Ever been in Mexico City, Dix?

- Nope.

- It's 8000 feet up. The air is very pure.

- Many first-class clubs and restaurants, a horse track and girls. Beautiful young girls.

- How would you like to go there, all expenses paid?

- Sorry, Doc, not interested. I'm headin' home.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

After all, crime is only... a left-handed form of human endeavor.
I'd take you apart if you were about a foot taller and straightened up a little.
In some ways, he's the most dangerous of them all. A hardened killer. A hooligan. A man without human feeling or human mercy.
The battle's finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over.
Well, he won't get very far, that's for sure. He hasn't got enough blood left in him to keep a chicken alive.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Sound Clip

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Quotes from the movie The Asphalt Jungle (1950), featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Sterling Hayden (Dix Handley), Jean Hagen ("Doll" Conovan), James Whitmore (Gus Minissi), Marilyn Monroe (Angela Phinlay), Marc Lawrence (Cobby)

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