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Can you imagine such a weapon in the hands of an archcriminal?

5 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:55:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The results are interesting.

- When swallowed, tissue changes are gradual. In about an hour, the action of the exnide takes place. Its effect is like heart disease. A systolic cramp, and poof!

- What have you done about it?

- Nothing.

- The State Medical Department banned it.

- Why?

- Too dangerous for public use.

- Strangely enough, in the postmortem not a trace of the poison can be found neither in the stomach nor the blood.

- Can you imagine such a weapon in the hands of an archcriminal?

- Think of the money he'd make from the insurance companies.

- That's quite an idea. We'll incorporate and go into business.

- Insuring people and having them die of heart failure? We'd make millions.

- I'm not sure, but I think the poison might show up in a man.

- Why?

- Different metabolism.

- We could easily find out.

- How?

- Simple.

[...]

Monsieur Verdoux Sound Clip

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Memorable quotes from the movie Monsieur Verdoux (1947), featuring short sound bites and sfx.

Actors: Charlie Chaplin (Monsieur Henri Verdoux), Martha Raye (Annabella Bonheur)

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