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- 'Buff'?
- A fan, a nut, like those guys that chase fires.

4 seconds sound clip from the Dead Reckoning (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:47.812 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I was getting desperate, down to wild chances, but it might be a lead, and there was one place in town where I could find out for sure.

- Evening. I was wondering if I could take a look in your icebox.

- Looking' for somebody special?

- Missing Persons thought I Oughta take a squint at your stock.

- Who's missing'? What's their name?

- What's it to you?

- Homicide Squad. Lieutenant Kincaid.

- Oh, I thought maybe you was a morgue buff.

- 'Buff'?

- A fan, a nut, like those guys that chase fires.

- I didn't know Homicide men hung out in the morgue.

- Just where do you come from, mister?

- Outta town.

- Frisco.

- Now, how did you know?

- The accent. I can spot any accent.

- What's the name?

- He said Wilson. Charlie Wilson. I met him on the train. He kept babbling about suicide, but I thought I talked him out of it.

- We were to have dinner last night, but he didn't show, and no word since.

- Yeah? I meant your name.

- I gave all that to Missing Persons.

[...]

Dead Reckoning (1947) Sound Clip

Dead Reckoning posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1947 film noir Dead Reckoning, accompanied by short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Capt. Warren "Rip" Murdock), Lizabeth Scott (Coral Chandler)

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