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Hey, Walter. How's the wife?

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

You can hear this line at 00:28:36.640 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- 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.

- Hey, Walter. How's the wife?

- My wife? She's at the beach. We took a place down at Balboa. See, she thinks she's run-down, needs a change. Actually, she likes to take sunbaths. All women are nuts about gettin' sunburned. But I don't care. I indulge her. I'm not picayune.

- 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.

- Yeah, take it easy.

- So long.

- I certainly made no hit with that crack about his wife, did I?

- Well, you know how it is. He's divorced, but he's still got her in his bones. I guess it takes some time.

[...]

Criss Cross (1949) Sound Clip

Criss Cross (1949) posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1949 film noir Criss Cross, accompanied by short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Burt Lancaster (Steve Thompson), Yvonne De Carlo (Anna), Dan Duryea (Slim Dundee)

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