The box costs 2.29. That's a lot of money. But it's worth it to ruin my wife's uncle's Christmas.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Shop Around the Corner (1940) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:19:07.769 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- And that's the young man who'll get the cigarette box?
- Uh-huh.
- Oh. Then let's drop the whole thing.
- You see, I thought of giving it to my wife's uncle for Christmas.
- I'm so sorry, can't you give him something else?
- The box costs 2.29. That's a lot of money. But it's worth it to ruin my wife's uncle's Christmas.
- Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Novak. I forgot you always liked those.
- Oh, no, no, Mr. Pirovitch. Speak freely.
- Tell me, if you were in my position what would you give him?
- What would you say to the idea of uh, well, let's say, maybe, a wallet?
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