First you find a little thread, little thread leads you to a string, and the string leads you to a rope, and from the rope you hang by the neck.

14 seconds sound clip from the Kiss Me Deadly movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:42:35.021 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Gee, Nicky, you're gonna get yourself in a lot of trouble.

- Did you call your friendly Mr. Friendly?

- Yes. He awaits me anxiously.

- Then call him back and cancel it.

- We're gonna steer away from these penny-ante divorce cases for a while. I got a line on something better.

- That girl I picked up was mixed up with something big.

- And a cut of something big could be something big.

- I want you to find out all you can about her.

- First you find a little thread, little thread leads you to a string, and the string leads you to a rope, and from the rope you hang by the neck.

- What kind of a girl was she, this friend of yours, Christina?

- I only ask because Ray Diker phoned up. He left two names. He said you might check up on them.

- Where are they?

- In my typewriter.

- Va-Va-Voom says that in Greek your name would be Mixalis Sfiras.

- But under any other name, would you be as sweet?

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