- What was it?
- Something to make her sleep. Veronal, perhaps. I'll know as soon as we hear from the laboratory.
10 seconds sound clip from the House of Wax (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:32:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Lieutenant Brennan will want a statement from each one of you.
- See that nobody leaves the house.
- When I arrived at the rooming house, this girl had been dead for several hours.
- The immediate cause of death was strangulation. The mark of a cord is still on her throat.
- My examination indicated she'd probably been given a drug.
- Something to make her sleep. Veronal, perhaps. I'll know as soon as we hear from the laboratory.
- How long would it take for such a drug to work?
- That would depend upon how much it was diluted.
- Yes, it was probably given to her in a drink. That's how it's usually done.
- Business is kinda slow tonight.
- Three suicides and two murders. And a traffic case since 9:00.
- The fellow got hit by one of them automobiles.
- I didn't think those things went fast enough to hurt anybody.
- Give them time. They're getting better every day.
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