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Oh, well, you're about as romantic as a pair of handcuffs. Didn't you ever tell a girl pretty things? You know, she's got hair like the west wind, eyes like limpid pools, skin like velvet?

— Debby Marsh (Gloria Grahame)

10 seconds sound clip from the The Big Heat (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:06.093 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You know Mike Lagana, don't you?

- Just to say hello and good-bye to.

- When Vince talks business, I go out and get my legs waxed or something.

- I don't like to hear things.

- Why don't you stop the cross-examination? I didn't come up here to talk out of school.

- Why did you come up?

- Well, why don't we call it research or something?

- Or to needle Stone, huh?

- Oh, well, you're about as romantic as a pair of handcuffs. Didn't you ever tell a girl pretty things? You know, she's got hair like the west wind, eyes like limpid pools, skin like velvet?

- I'll put you in a cab.

- Did I say something wrong?

- No.

- I must have broken one of the house rules.

- You really want me to go?

- I wouldn't touch anything of Vince Stone's with a 10-foot pole.

- That's a rotten thing to say.

[...]

The Big Heat (1953) Sound Clip

The Big Heat (1953) posterListen to the best quotes from the classic 1953 film noir The Big Heat, with short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Glenn Ford (Dave Bannion), Gloria Grahame (Debby Marsh), Lee Marvin (Vince Stone)

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