Now I'm a so-called crook, I'm rich, and that, believe you me, is the only thing that gains one respect.
9 seconds sound clip from the Mr. Topaze (1961) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:35:14 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- And if the world were properly organised, I'd be in prison right now.
- But how can you have changed so much? You were the most honest man I've ever known.
- Yes. And it lost me the only thing I ever cared for, my job at the school.
- You're talking like an idiot.
- And has your money bought you happiness?
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