- A job.
- A job? Well, why come to me?
- 'Cause you're the only crooks I know.

— Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster), Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea)

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10 seconds sound clip from the Criss Cross (1949) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:52:42.802 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I asked her to come here. I wanted to reach you. I wanted to talk to you.

- Oh. So it was me all the time. Between you and I, I had it all wrong.

- So it's not the way it looks. Is it, baby?

- No, it's not the way it looks.

- That's right, Slim. Just like he says. He wanted to talk to you. You were out of town, so I said I'd come over.

- You really wanted to see me? But tell me now, Stevie, what kind of business could you and I possibly have together?

- A job.

- A job? Well, why come to me?

- 'Cause you're the only crooks I know.

- Is that polite? Is it hospitable?

- Tell me, Stevie, what kind of a job is this you need crooks?

- Where I work.

- Where you work?

- Armored trucks.

- What are you talkin' about? You can't hijack an armored truck. It can't be done. You know it can't be done.

- It can be done.

- How?

- If you have an inside man.

[...]

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