- 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)

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14 seconds sound clip from the Double Indemnity movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:46:43 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You'll never make the border.

- That's what you think. Just watch me.

- You'll never even make the elevator.

- So long, Keyes.

- Hello. Send an ambulance to the Pacific Building on Olive Street. Yeah. It's a police job.

- How you doing?

- Fine. Only somebody moved the elevator a couple of miles away.

- They're on the way.

- 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.

- I love you, too. (2)

[...]

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