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So it stunk. Everybody makes flops except you. You haven't had one because you've made and remade the same picture for the last 20 years.

6 seconds sound clip from the In a Lonely Place movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:04:12.080 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- For me you don't have to go to work. I've got my apartment and my car and my ulcers. Gasoline and milk toast don't cost much.

- I won't work on something I don't like.

- Dix, my boy, how many times must I tell you...?

- I know. 'It's just another picture.'

- Well, are you in any position to be choosy? You haven't written a hit since before the war. And your last picture...

- So it stunk. Everybody makes flops except you. You haven't had one because you've made and remade the same picture for the last 20 years.

- You know what you are? You're a popcorn salesman.

- That's right. So are you. The only difference between us is that I don't fight it.

- One day I'll surprise you and write something good.

- Althea Bruce will do it.

- All you gotta do is follow the book. That's what Brody said.

- Remind me to buy you a new tie.

[...]

In a Lonely Place Sound Clip

In a Lonely Place (1950) posterListen to memorable quotes and funny lines from the classic 1950 film noir "In a Lonely Place".

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Dix Steele), Gloria Grahame (Laurel Gray)

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