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And the termites of sin and depravity gnawing at his soul.

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8 seconds sound clip from the The Seven Year Itch (1952) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I've been thinking about that fall list, and I came up with a notion.

- What would you think about a 25-cent reprint of The Portrait of Dorian Gray?

- The Portrait of Dorian Gray?

- It's a natural.

- Look what we'll be giving them for a quarter: violence, lust and corruption.

- The story of a young man, on the surface, clear-eyed and healthy - just like you, but underneath... ah! Dry rot!

- And the termites of sin and depravity gnawing at his soul.

- Well, how's that strike you, Sherman?

- Dull, dull, dull.

- 'Chapter Six. The Brubaker-Stikle Theory of the Sporadic Infidelity Pattern in the Married Male, or the Seven Year Itch.'

- 'A thorough study of 18,000 marriages conducted by Dr. Stikle and myself leads us to believe that the urge curve in the middle-aged husband rises sharply during the seventh year of marriage.'

- Dr. Stikle refers to this phenomenon somewhat humorously as 'the seven year itch.'

[...]

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The Seven Year Itch (1952) Sound Clip

The Seven Year Itch (1952) Poster

Get a dose of Marilyn Monroe's charm with sound bites from The Seven Year Itch (1952) film, adapted from George Axelrod's play.

Actors: Marilyn Monroe (The Girl), Tom Ewell (Richard Sherman), Evelyn Keyes (Helen Sherman), Robert Strauss (Kruhulik), Sonny Tufts (Tom MacKenzie)

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