You're never told, the embroidery of your speech is completely out of proportion to anything you have to say.

— Charlie Castle (Jack Palance)

7 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:26:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You're saying Smiley didn't tell me anything. I just dreamed it up.

- I wouldn't say you dream by day, but after a few drinks, isn't it possible?

- What is possible is exactly what I said.

- Let me round out my thoughts. I may continue...

- I don't want you to continue.

- You're never told, the embroidery of your speech is completely out of proportion to anything you have to say.

- All right. I'm listening. What do you have to say?

- He came here one hour ago. He said there was trouble. He then proposed that I...

- He proposed nothing of the sort!

- To say a man like Smiley, a former major in the US Army Air Force, a friend of many, I don't know where to begin, the late Al Jolson, Jerome Kern, Bill O'Dwyer.

- To say that this man plotted murder is to stagger reason.

[...]

The Big Knife (1955) Sound Clip

The Big Knife (1955) Poster

Quotes from the movie The Big Knife (1955), based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets, featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Jack Palance (Charlie Castle), Ida Lupino (Marion Castle), Jean Hagen (Connie Bliss), Rod Steiger (Stanley Shriner Hoff), Shelley Winters (Dixie Evans), Ilka Chase (Patty Benedict)

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