A man eats an apple. He gets a piece of the core stuck between his teeth, you know? He tries to work it out with some cellophane off a cigarette pack. What happens? The cellophane gets stuck in there too.
— Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster)
13 seconds sound clip from the Criss Cross (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:44.395 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Now, go on, both of you. Beat it.
- Brute.
- I'll do the dishes, Helen. Never mind. Go ahead.
- Mmm, let me help you, Mrs. Thompson.
- Anna. We were married about two years ago. It lasted seven months.
- Anna. What was the use? I knew one way or the other, somehow, I'd wind up seeing her that night.
- Oh, Steve, if you knew how many times a day I think of you. How are you? When did you get back?
- Why didn't you answer my letter?
- Your letter? Yeah.- Well, you got it, didn't you?
- Well, I guess I never had anything to say.
- A fella can't write if he's got nothing to say, can he?
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