- Oh, just a soldier. I was trying to punch his major in the eye.
- No. A major? Were you really?
5 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:46.283 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- But he's due to leave tomorrow, sir.
- Excuse me. Have you got a toothache?
- I don't need a dentist. Somebody hit me, that's all.
- Goodness. We must report that to the police. Were they trying to rob you?
- Oh, just a soldier. I was trying to punch his major in the eye.
- No. A major? Were you really?
- Well, I've heard of him, of course, but I didn't exactly know him.
- I was going to stay with him, but he died Thursday.
- That what you say to people after death? Goodness, that's awkward?
- Mr Martins. Excuse me. Telephone.
- I was a friend of Harry Lime.
[...]