- What were you in for?
- What's the difference? Larceny, they called it.

7 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:00:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What do you want to know for?

- Because I want to help you.

- Philanthropist, huh?

- Precisely. And I ask nothing in return.

- What is this, the Salvation Army?

- Very well. If that's the way you feel, you're at liberty to go on your way.

- Well, if you must know, I'm just out of jail.

- What were you in for?

- What's the difference? Larceny, they called it.

- Larceny?

- Petty larceny. Pawning a rented typewriter.

- Dear, dear. Couldn't you do better than that?

- What did you get?

- Three months.

- So this is your first day out of jail?

- Yes.

- I see. Poor dear.

- Ah, well. Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.

[...]

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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