If I hadn't been too far away, I would've known what it was, would I?
6 seconds sound clip from the After the Thin Man (1936) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:56:32 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I heard something... like backfire from an automobile.
- It was foggy, and... well, I was too far away to see anything.
- I thought I'd better get out of the neighborhood if I didn't want to get into trouble.
- Why don't you ask her what she was too far away from?
- From wherever it was it happened.
- If I hadn't been too far away, I would've known what it was, would I?
- All right, Dancer, where were you?
- I went out to get some air. What city ordinance does that break?
- Where did you go for all this air?
[...]