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Listen, I've been your friend all through the trial. Now give me a break. A story with a moral to it.

7 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:59:54 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- To be successful in anything, one must be well-organized.

- You're not leaving the world with that cynical remark?

- To be idealistic at this moment would be incongruous, don't you think?

- What's all this talk about good and evil?

- Arbitrary forces, my good fellow. Too much of either will destroy us all.

- We can never have too much good in the world.

- Trouble is, we've never had enough. We don't know.

- Listen, I've been your friend all through the trial. Now give me a break. A story with a moral to it.

- You, the tragic example of a life of crime.

- I don't see how anyone can be an example in these criminal times.

- Well, you certainly are... robbing and murdering people.

- That's business.

- Well, other people don't do business that way.

- That's the history of many a big business. Wars, conflict - it's all business.

[...]

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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