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Movie-Sounds.org › Classic Movie Quotes › The Big Knife (1955)

- Naive, ain't I?
- Yes, but it's one of your best qualities.

— Charlie Castle (Jack Palance)

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:19:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Then there's the third kind, the idealist. That was you.

- Half-idealism is the peritonitis of the soul.

- Go write your book. Make it scandalous.

- Wire me for money anytime you need it.

- Somebody has to complete the work he was born to do.

- Naive, ain't I?

- Yes, but it's one of your best qualities.

- Peritonitis of the soul. Those are the words you use above ground.

- Goodbye, Hank.

- Goodbye, Charlie.

- Struggle, you may still win a blessing.

[...]

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Quotes from the movie The Big Knife (1955), based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets, featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Jack Palance (Charlie Castle), Ida Lupino (Marion Castle), Jean Hagen (Connie Bliss), Rod Steiger (Stanley Shriner Hoff), Shelley Winters (Dixie Evans), Ilka Chase (Patty Benedict)

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