He goes out to Catalina, spends his two-week vacation in a glass-bottomed boat, so he can look out four directions at the same time.
7 seconds sound clip from the Criss Cross (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:29.258 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Holy smokes! Is that you, Thompson?
- Are you coming back to work here?
- Well, I figured you guys needed a hand.
- Holy smokes! They're takin' Thompson back. Company's goin' to the dogs.
- What do you want to sit around inside these armored trucks for?
- Take O'Hearn. He's got the jitters.
- Hey, Walter. How's the wife?
- Hey, Steve, you used to have a wife, didn't you? Whatever happened to her? How is she?
- Well, so long, Pop, and thanks a lot. So long, fellas. I'll see you all soon.
- So long.
- I certainly made no hit with that crack about his wife, did I?
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