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Oh, scarcely a racket. More for my own amusement than for profit, as you have some reason to know.

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

You can hear this line at 00:36:09.807 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 'Geronimo.'

- A lovely word, with the added charm for me of being meaningless.

- A St Louis expression?

- No, just one I picked up.

- Your expressions have the Baretto flavour. Almost medieval. Baroque.

- Mobster, for instance, as applied to me, is more colorful than accurate. I've always had a preference for legitimate enterprises.

- With a little gambling racket on the side.

- Oh, scarcely a racket. More for my own amusement than for profit, as you have some reason to know.

- Gambling is technically illegal, to be sure, but the whole city is aware of it and approves. My house encourages tourists, pays large taxes...

- Coming out of it was like after being tapped on the button. Everything foggy, fur in my throat, an anchor in my head, and ringing in my ears.

- Yeah?

- Rip, this is Coral. Dusty.

- What happened?

- I don't know. Don't you know?

- I just woke up in my garage.

- That's a great place to wake up.

- Mr Martinelli is a fine... Remind me to put him to sleep sometime.

[...]

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It won't work, Dusty. You got the right numbers in the wrong game.
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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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