You're right, Sam. I hired the man who worked you over. The idea was mine. I thought it might scare you into not coming back. It hasn't.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Strange Love of Martha Ivers movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:15:54.848 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Now I'll let Martha give it to you.

- Give him what, Sam?

- The facts concerning a guy called Sam Masterson, and his attitudes towards life and love.

- Walter's got the wrong ideas.

- Sam, you're hurt.

- You ought to see the other guy.

- What happened?

- This. It fell out of a guy's pocket and hit me in the face. Private dicks.

- What's the trouble, Walter? Don't you trust your own cops?

- You're right, Sam. I hired the man who worked you over. The idea was mine. I thought it might scare you into not coming back. It hasn't.

- We're ready to listen to the current quotation on blackmail.

- Blackmail?

- I said blackmail. Now, what is the price? Remember you are dealing with two old friends.

- Well, which one of you do I deal with?

- With me. Be at my office at the plant at 3:00.

- Okay.

- May the deal be profitable, to all of us.

- Whatever the price is, that's it, Sam. Don't try this again.

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