Double Indemnity Quotes with Sound Clips - page 4

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Memorable quotes with sound from the movie Double Indemnity (1944), based on James M. Cain's 1943 novella of the same name.

Actors: Fred MacMurray (Walter Neff), Barbara Stanwyck (Phyllis Dietrichson), Edward G. Robinson (Barton Keyes)

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31 Murder's never perfect. Always comes apart sooner or later. And when two people are involved, it's usually sooner.

Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

32 Nice going, you sure carried that ball. Only you fumbled on the goal line. Then you heaved an illegal forward pass and got thrown for a 40-yard loss. Now you can't pick yourself up because you haven't got a leg to stand on.

Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

33 Then there was a case of a guy who was found shot. His wife said he was cleaning a gun and his stomach got in the way. All she collected was a three-to-ten stretch in Tehachapi.

Walter Neff (Fred Macmurray)

34 Too much stuff piling up on my desk. Too much pressure on my nerves. I spend half the night walking up and down in my bed. I've got to have an assistant and I thought of you.

Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

35 We're hitting it for the limit, baby. That's why it's got to be the train.

Walter Neff (Fred Macmurray)

36 Well, I get darn sick of trying to pick up after a gang of fast-talking salesmen dumb enough to sell life insurance to a guy who sleeps in the same bed with four rattlesnakes.

Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

37 What kind of an outfit is this, anyway? Are we an insurance company, or just a bunch of dimwitted amateurs to write a policy on a mug like that?

Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

38 What's the matter, don't you know how to open the door? Just put your hand on the knob, turn it to the left. Now pull it toward you. That's the boy.

Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson)

39 You know why you couldn't figure this one? I'll tell you. Because the guy you were looking for was too close. He was right across the desk from you. -Closer than that.

Walter Neff (Fred Macmurray)

40 You thought you had it cold, didn't you? All wrapped up in tissue paper, with pink ribbons around it. It was perfect. Except it wasn't, because you made one mistake just one little mistake.

Walter Neff (Fred Macmurray)

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