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You're getting out? You're on the level? You don't need the money. So why the hell can't I take it?

8 seconds sound clip from the The Grifters movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:41:29 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I don't?

- If you stayed a crook, do you think you'd live to be my ripe age?

- Well, I don't see why not.

- I guess I got it wrong, then. Seems to me I heard about a guy just your age... that got hit so hard in the guts it almost killed him.

- Oh, that's different. That doesn't count.

- It doesn't really matter, does it? If I'm getting out...

- You're getting out? You're on the level? You don't need the money. So why the hell can't I take it?

- My money wouldn't last forever. And then what?

- You'd be stuck in some other part of the rackets with another Bobo Justus to slap you around and burn holes in your hand.

- If you can't change your life now, when you're still relatively young, how could you do it when you're say... crowning 50?

- This way you gotta go the square route.

- Send me a card when you got settled, I could maybe help you out sometimes.

[...]

The Grifters Sound Clip

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Memorable quotes from The Grifters, featuring sound clips of the best lines.

Actors: John Cusack (Roy Dillon), Anjelica Huston (Lilly Dillon), Annette Bening (Myra Langtry), Henry Burk Jones (Mr. Simms)

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