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It was for her I began to work my way up.

1 seconds sound clip from the The Big Combo (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:00:27.215 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- No, she's alive. She's living in Sicily, in Grazzi's house.

- This was taken a month ago, came with one of her letters.

- Why did she send it to you?

- She wants to come back.

- Why did you leave her?

- I don't want to talk about it!

- I do.

- Can't you let me hold onto some pride?

- I lost all mine with you.

- All right, I'll tell you. I was in love with her. Me, a prison guard.

- It was for her I began to work my way up.

- All I had was guts. I traded them for money and influence.

- I got respect from everybody but her. She did anything she could to humiliate me.

- She was always drunk, flirting with other men. I tried to straighten her out.

- I took her on a boat trip when Grazzi had to go to Sicily. The day after we docked, she disappeared. I spent months looking for her! Where do you think she was? Living in Grazzi's house.

- He was a bigger man than me.

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The Big Combo (1955) Sound Clip

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Actors: Cornel Wilde (Leonard Diamond), Richard Conte (Mr. Brown), Brian Donlevy (Joe McClure), Lee Van Cleef (Fante), Jean Wallace (Susan Lowell)

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