- Heavens! I thought you were dead.
- So I am, old man, as dead as a stymie.
5 seconds sound clip from the Dead of Night (1945) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:02:17.923 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Unconditional surrender, old man. Those are my terms.
- May the Lord have mercy on your handicap.
- I say, Eliot - Yes, old man?
- That was only the beginning.
- For this poor, stricken, shadow of a man, there was only one relief.
- Another whiskey, Fred. A large one.
- Heavens! I thought you were dead.
- So I am, old man, as dead as a stymie.
- No, no, no. Separate glasses, of course. One for him.
- Fred can't see me or hear me. Nobody else can either. It's only you I'm haunting.
- Well, it's time you gave somebody else a turn. I've had it.
- Not bad, am I, for a beginner?
- George Parratt, handicap 18!
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