- Well, when I was dressing this evening, just as I was tying my tie, I suddenly realised the reflection was all wrong.
- What do you mean, wrong?
- Well, it wasn't my room I was seeing, it was some other room.

11 seconds sound clip from the Dead of Night (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:34:50.572 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Should've worn our grass skirts.

- Well, we've danced enough anyway.

- Darling, is anything the matter?

- No. Why?

- I don't know. You seem to have been a bit broody all evening.

- A bit limp with the heat, I expect.

- Sure there's nothing the matter?

- No, nothing. Really.

- That usually means there is something really. What is it?

- It sounds so damn silly.

- Never mind. Tell me.

- Well, you know that mirror you gave me? You didn't get it at one of those joke shops, by any chance?

- No, of course not. Why?

- Well, when I was dressing this evening, just as I was tying my tie, I suddenly realised the reflection was all wrong.

- What do you mean, wrong?

- Well, it wasn't my room I was seeing, it was some other room.

- Darling!

- I told you it sounded silly.

- It only lasted for a moment, but I could've sworn I saw it. Some sort of optical illusion, I suppose.

- All done with mirrors, in fact.

- The next few weeks, we were pretty busy house-hunting. In the end, we found quite a pleasant house in Chelsea.

- And of course, I had all the usual chaos getting ready for the wedding.

- I noticed that Peter seemed preoccupied and a bit jumpy and irritable. But I thought it was just eve-of-wedding nerves.

[...]

Dead of Night (1945) Sound Clip

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Listen to short quotes from Dead of Night (1945), featuring audio clips of the best lines and SFX.

Actors: Mervyn Johns (Walter Craig), Frederick Valk (Dr. van Straaten), Michael Redgrave (Maxwell Frere)

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