Tell him it was just an excuse for the police.
3 seconds sound clip from the In a Lonely Place movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:05.198 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I know a part she'd be good for.
- Oh, you better call Brody and tell him I didn't get a chance to read his book.
- What for? When he finds out what's happened, he'll call the deal off anyway.
- Asking a checkroom girl to tell you the story.
- You couldn't have insulted him more if you'd spit in his eye.
- Tell him it was just an excuse for the police.
- Oh, here she is. She's been on a couple of low-budget pictures.
- That checkroom girl left without you, didn't she? Tell me.
- Well, what do you think happened?
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