I knew he wouldn't buy, but all I wanted was his signature on an application.
5 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:32:18 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Call me tomorrow. But not from your house. From a booth. And watch your step every single minute.
- This has got to be perfect, you understand? Straight down the line.
- That was it. The machinery had started to move and nothing could stop it.
- The first thing we had to do was fix him up with that accident policy.
- I knew he wouldn't buy, but all I wanted was his signature on an application.
- So I had to get him to sign without his knowing what he was signing.
- And I wanted another witness besides Phyllis to hear me give him a sales talk.
- A couple of nights later I went to the house.
- Everything looked fine, except I didn't like the witness Phyllis had brought in.
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