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- You gave her $20. Quite a large sum for cab fare.
- Well, she'd given me valuable service.
- Was it two 10's?
- Yes. But, uh, don't ask me to identify the bills.

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

You can hear this line at 00:16:46.918 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- She'd read the book and I hadn't.

- If you only wanted her to tell you a story, why'd you take her to your place?

- Because I work at home.

- You had no other reason for asking her to go with you?

- Well, if I had, I didn't do anything about it.

- Did she have a drink at your house?

- Yes. She had a glass of ginger ale with a twist of lemon in it. It's known as a horse's neck. The glass is still on my desk, complete with fingerprints.

- I can assure you I didn't wash the dishes. I was too tired.

- You gave her $20. Quite a large sum for cab fare.

- Well, she'd given me valuable service.

- Was it two 10's?

- Yes. But, uh, don't ask me to identify the bills.

- Why didn't you call for a cab? Isn't that what a gentleman usually does under the circumstances?

- Oh, I didn't say I was a gentleman. I said I was tired.

- You're told that the girl you were with last night was found in Benedict Canyon, murdered, dumped from a moving car.

- What's your reaction? Shock? Horror? Sympathy? No. Just petulance at being questioned, a couple of feeble jokes.

- It's puzzling, Mr. Steele.

- Well, I grant you the jokes could have been better, but I don't see why the rest should worry you. That is, unless you plan to arrest me for lack of emotion.

[...]

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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