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From the middle of your ring finger to your thumb, you're numb. As for your leg...

5 seconds sound clip from the The Fortune Cookie (1966) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:17:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Then there's your nephew and your niece. They have to sleep in the same room. You want them to wind up going to an analyst?

- You want me to wind up going to jail?

- That's negative thinking.

- Sure, those insurance guys are tough and they're smart, but I'm just as tough and I know all their tricks.

- They're gonna hit you with hammers, stick pins into you.

- Not me!

- All you have to remember is which nerves are damaged.

- From the middle of your ring finger to your thumb, you're numb. As for your leg...

- Don't lose yourself in details.

- I don't care if they get a hundred doctors to examine you. If you say that your back is killing you, they can't prove it isn't.

- That's what we call pain and suffering, and the money you get for that is tax free.

- What pain? What suffering?

- Never can tell about a back injury. You may think you're all right, but 6 months from now, you suddenly start having dizzy spells, muscle spasms, sciatica. You can't work anymore. Then try to collect!

[...]

The Fortune Cookie (1966) Sound Clip

The Fortune Cookie (1966) Poster

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Actors: Jack Lemmon (Harry Hinkle), Walter Matthau (Whiplash Willie Gingrich), Ron Rich (Boom Boom Jackson), Judi West (Sandy Hinkle)

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