Why kid ourselves? He's a hopeless alcoholic.

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

You can hear this line at 00:19:23.492 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- How often have you cried? How often have I beaten him up?

- We scrape him out of the gutter and... pump some kind of self-respect into him, and back he falls, back in, every time.

- He's a sick person. It's as though there were something wrong with his heart or his lungs. You wouldn't walk out on him because he had an attack. He needs our help.

- He won't accept our help. Not Don. He hates us.

- He wants to be alone with that bottle of his. It's all he gives a hang about.

- Why kid ourselves? He's a hopeless alcoholic.

- The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces. Nat! The solemn temples, the great globe itself...

- Mr. Birnam, you ought to go home. It's late.

- Yea, all which it inherit shall dissolve...

- You ought to be home, on account of your brother.

- Who says so?

- You said so. On account of you're going away somewhere, don't you remember?

- What time is it?

- Ten past six.

- Well, why didn't you tell me?

- What do you think I've been doing for a half an hour?

[...]

The Lost Weekend (1945) Sound Clip

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

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