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Well, well. If that ain't a swell job... to find your long-lost old man working at.

10 seconds sound clip from the Anna Christie (1930) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:22:31 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Why, you think he'll stake me to the rest cure I'm after, then?

- Surest thing you know.

- Where'd you get the idea that he was a janitor?

- Well, he wrote me he was himself.

- He's lying. He's a captain on a barge.

- A barge? What kind of a barge?

- Well, coal, mostly.

- A coal barge?

- Well, well. If that ain't a swell job... to find your long-lost old man working at.

- Oh, gee. Well, that puts the kibosh on his giving me a rest.

- Why? Couldn't you live on it too?

- Who, me? On a dirty coal barge? Well, what do you think I am?

- Well, what do you know about a barge? Bet you ain't never seen a barge.

- That's what comes of him bringing you up inland where you'd be safe.

[...]

Anna Christie (1930) Sound Clip

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Memorable quotes with sound from the movie Anna Christie (1930), based on the 1921 play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill.

Actors: Greta Garbo (Anna Christie), Marie Dressler (Marthy Owens)

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