Life is hard. The river is kind. The river is soft. It rocks them to sleep. And asks no pay.

17 seconds sound clip from the Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:00.944 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Your blood is rotten. Black as your sins. You cheated me. Your beauty was a lie.

- Dead? You are... You're dead.

- Janos, Janos. Get rid of it. Get it away.

- Will my search ever end?

- Three this week.

- Three.

- Women, all of them.

- Life is hard. The river is kind. The river is soft. It rocks them to sleep. And asks no pay.

- Three women. Always small. Always young.

- A man?

- A woman.

- Age?

- Oh, any, 1000 or 30.

- Cause of death?

- Drowning.

- Profession?

- Yes.

- Identification?

- None, she was naked.

[...]

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) Sound Clip

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) posterListen to the best quotes from the Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story.

Actors: Bela Lugosi (Dr. Mirakle), Sidney Fox(Camille), Leon Ames (Pierre Dupin)

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