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Now, what is this anyway? I came home to settle down, not to go ice-skating. Leave me alone. All I wanna do is lie around the house and read the paper.

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

You can hear this line at 00:20:51.884 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- No, thanks. I don't think I feel like a movie tonight.

- You want to go bowling?

- No, I'm no bowler, Pop.

- Hey, Steve, were you gonna call somebody up or something?

- Who, me?

- Well, you keep looking over at the telephone.

- Oh, do I? I didn't realize.

- Say, where's the evening papers? Ah.

- Hey, look, I still have your old ice skates. Now, what do you say we go down to the Ice Palace and have fun?

- Now, what is this anyway? I came home to settle down, not to go ice-skating. Leave me alone. All I wanna do is lie around the house and read the paper.

- 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.

- Thank you.

- Excuse me.

- Anna. We were married about two years ago. It lasted seven months.

- 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.

[...]

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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