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The human body is a very delicate machine, a precision instrument. You can't run it on martinis and Hungarian goulash, especially in this hot weather.

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

You can hear this line at 00:07:01 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Like Charlie Lederer last summer. Annie hadn't been gone two days when Charlie went out and got himself tattooed.

- Big, green dragon on his chest, a butterfly on each shoulder.

- Not me. Oh, no. Work, work, work... I'm gonna work here till 6:00.

- Then I'll have dinner at the saloon on the corner... No. No saloon. No drinking, like Dr. Summers said.

- I know what I'll do. I'll try that vegetarian restaurant on Third Avenue. Health food. That's the stuff.

- The human body is a very delicate machine, a precision instrument. You can't run it on martinis and Hungarian goulash, especially in this hot weather.

- Miss... May I have a check, please?

- Oh, yes, sir. Hmm.

- Well, now, let's see... We had the number seven special: soya bean hamburger with French-fried soya beans, soya bean sherbet and peppermint tea.

- Don't forget. I had a cocktail to start.

- Oh, yes. We had the sauerkraut juice on the rocks, didn't we?

- You will be proud to know that your entire meal, with a cocktail, was only 260 calories.

- I am proud.

- That will be $1 and 27 cents.

[...]

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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