He doesn't know what he's doing. A cigarette might fall from his mouth and he'll burn in his bed...

— Helen St. James (Jane Wyman)

4 seconds sound clip from the The Lost Weekend (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:18:25.755 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What difference does it make?

- You're not really going, Wick.

- I certainly am.

- But you can't leave him alone. Not for four days.

- Yes I can.

- Oh. For heaven's sake, Wick. If he's left alone, anything can happen!

- And I'll be tied up at the office every minute. All Saturday. All Sunday. I can't look out for him.

- You know how he gets. He'll be run over by a car. He'll be arrested.

- He doesn't know what he's doing. A cigarette might fall from his mouth and he'll burn in his bed...

- Oh, Helen. If it happens, it happens. And I hope it does.

- I've had six years of this. I've had my bellyful.

- Wick, you can't mean that.

- Yes I do. It's terrible, I know, but I mean it.

- For heaven's sakes...

- Who are we fooling?

- We've tried everything, haven't we? We've reasoned with him, we've babied him. We've watched him like a hawk. We've tried trusting him.

[...]

The Lost Weekend (1945) Sound Clip

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Listen to memorable quotes from The Lost Weekend (1945) freely downloadable in MP3 / WAV format.

Actors: Ray Milland (Don Birnam), Jane Wyman (Helen St. James), Doris Dowling (Gloria), Howard da Silva (Nat)

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