It was dark. Excitement and confusion. The Gypsy was killed.

— Sir John Talbot (Claude Rains)

4 seconds sound clip from the The Wolf Man (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:30.720 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- But they're treating me like I was crazy!

- I'm not accusing him of foul play, but, after all, two people are dead, and I am chief constable.

- That's no reason to make a great mystery out of it. You talk like a detective in a novel.

- Now, please, gentlemen. There's a very simple explanation.

- A dog or a wolf attacked Jenny Williams, that's proven. When she cried for help, Larry and Bela went to her rescue.

- It was dark. Excitement and confusion. The Gypsy was killed.

- What about Bela's bare feet?

- He just didn't have time to put his shoes on.

- And what about this nonexistent wound?

- Larry imagined he'd been bitten. After all, the beast jumped at him and tore his coat to shreds.

- Still, he insists he received a wound. You tell me his coat was bloody when the two women brought him in. Surely, a wound can't heal overnight.

- The patient is mentally disturbed. Perhaps the shock did it.

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