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It looked like feeding time at the zoo. All you needed was money to start with, and bicarbonate of soda to finish with.

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

You can hear this line at 00:19:15.955 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- There was a photograph in the Gulf City Statesman. Louis Ord, a waiter at the Sanctuary Club. He was a witness at the Chandler inquest. A reluctant one, the paper said.

- Maybe he wouldn't help any, but you gotta start somewhere, and he'd be fine.

- Mr Louis Ord would be fine, just dandy.

- I felt like a fight, Father. I felt like a fight.

- How many, sir? You alone, friend? I have a small table.

- The bar is good enough, thanks.

- It looked like feeding time at the zoo. All you needed was money to start with, and bicarbonate of soda to finish with.

- What'll it be, sir?

- Rye and water.

- Plain water?

- Yeah.

- Here you are, sir.

- Oh, come here, sweetheart.

- Yes, sir?

- Didn't you used to be a waiter here?

- Why, yes, sir.

- Louis Ord, 45, single?

- I seem to know your face, sir, but the name, er...

- Remember a guy named Johnny?

- Well, in this business, you meet lots of Johnnies, sir.

- You were a witness against this one once.

- He acted like a mine had gone off under his feet. I hadn't seen a guy look that scared since jump training.

[...]

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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