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.

[...]