- Why shouldn't he know?
- Because he doesn't want accident insurance. He's superstitious about it.
- A lot of people are. That's funny, isn't it?
9 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:39 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Wonder if a little rum would get this up on its feet.
- I want to ask you something. Could I get an accident policy for him without bothering him at all?
- It would make it easier for you, too. You wouldn't even have to talk to him.
- I have a little allowance of my own. I could pay for it and he needn't know anything about it.
- Because he doesn't want accident insurance. He's superstitious about it.
- A lot of people are. That's funny, isn't it?
- If there was a way to get it like that, all the worry would be over.
- Is there anything wrong with it?
- Then, if some dark, wet night, that crown block did fall on him
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