I'd rather be insane and alive than sane and dead.

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Big Combo (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:09:56.029 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Now, listen to me, Alicia.

- Brown, unfortunately, is not a caterpillar. He doesn't eat flowers, he devours people.

- I had a friend, a girl. 24 years old. She was murdered last night. Brown thought he was killing me. He didn't even know her name.

- I don't want to hear any more! Please! Please, I'm sick! Can't you see I'm sick?

- You're sick alright, Alicia. Sick with fright. Now you're in our custody, you have nothing more to fear. You know that, because you're perfectly sane.

- I'd rather be insane and alive than sane and dead.

- If you can move it, it's not broken.

- But it hurts!

- Take a drink. I took a drink, it still hurts.

- Take another drink.

- Fante, I'm trying to tell you, you don't understand...

- I got news, big news.

- Brown is finished.

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