If it's for the money, how come you're out of that chair?

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

You can hear this line at 02:00:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- What's that with the matches?

- It's for a buddy of mine. He's in a wheelchair.

- Remember what you said in the hospital, what you'd do to anybody who called your buddy a faker? Well, I say, Harry Hinkle is a faker.

- What are you waiting for? Go ahead. Belt me.

- Why did you do it?

- For the money. What else?

- You're a liar.

- That's what I came to tell you.

- If it's for the money, how come you're out of that chair?

- I didn't like the setup. I didn't like the characters involved, especially me.

- Go ahead. Do it.

- And put you back in that corset? Oh, no, I'm not gonna go through that again.

- I see you're all packed, huh?

- Yeah. Shaving kit, three pairs of socks, and the football they gave me after the Baltimore game.

- Where you goin'?

- I don't know. But somewhere between here and there there's got to be a bar. Come on. I'll buy you a drink.

- Look, Boom Boom, they'll make you sit out a couple of games, slap you with a big fine, but you'll be back.

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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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