It was a nice little house. He'd probably paid four or five thousand for it, before houses went up. From all I hear, it'd probably bring fifteen Gs by now.
9 seconds sound clip from the Dead Reckoning (1947) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:53:27.838 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- We'd better get back to town.
- I couldn't stand there looking at her. I had to keep moving.
- Her story about Johnny sounded real. I'd buy it, for now, on approval, as the dolls say.
- Only maybe I was buying a lot more than that, and didn't know it.
- McGee, 25 Palmetto Street. (2)
- And here was this guy, McGee, all nicely reformed.
- Chances are, it's the first house he ever lived in in his life.
- The time when this is over, drop out and see him, Father. I think you two'd get along.
- But I had something else on my mind right then.
- Phone company, checking long-distance calls. Did you get one from St Louis a little while ago?
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