He was doing premed at USC and working nights as an usher in a theater downtown.
6 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:53 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You mean it's not Vermont and Franklin?
- It's Vermont and Franklin all right. Only it's not Anne Matthews. It's Nino Zachetti.
- You won't tell on me, will you?
- Nino's not what my father says at all. He's just had bad luck.
- He was doing premed at USC and working nights as an usher in a theater downtown.
- Got behind in his credits, flunked out. Then he lost his job for talking back.
- Becomes expensive, doesn't it?
[...]