Next, I stuck a card inside the telephone box so that it would fall down if the bell rang. That way I'd know if anybody had called me while I was away.
10 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:48:29 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- He lived in Westwood, so it was a toll call and there'd be a record of it.
- I changed into a navy blue suit like Dietrichson was going to wear.
- Lou Schwartz called me back and gave me a lot of figures.
- Then I did the same thing to the doorbell in case anybody came to see me.
- I left the apartment by the service stairs. Nobody saw me.
- I walked all the way from my apartment to the Dietrichson house.
- I could smell that honeysuckle again. Only it was even stronger, now that it was night.
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