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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:28:38.892 in the DVD version of the movie.

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- 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.

- 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.

- Oh, but it's all finished. Don't get me wrong, he's all through with it. There's no question about that.

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Criss Cross (1949) Sound Clip

Listen 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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