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- What was he?
- Another human being.
- A thief, a drunkard, someone who would've died in the gutter anyway.

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You can hear this line at 01:48:52.758 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- What's right for Walter and myself? For us to tell the truth?

- I think so, yes.

- And hang for it?

- You wouldn't hang for it. Not if you confessed. You'd do time, sure.

- Sure, I'll rot in prison for the rest of my life. And for what? What am I guilty of?

- Murder.

- What were their lives compared to mine? What was she?

- A human being.

- A mean, vicious, hateful old woman who never did anything for anybody.

- Look what I've done with what she's left me. I've given to charity, built schools, hospitals, given thousands of people work.

- What was he?

- Another human being.

- A thief, a drunkard, someone who would've died in the gutter anyway.

- Neither one of them had any right to live.

- You didn't think Walter had, either.

- Good-bye, Martha.

- Sam's going away. Did you hear what I said, Walter?

- Yes, I heard you.

- We can't let him go, can we?

- Martha's waiting for your answer, Walter.

- We'd always be afraid of him. We couldn't live that way. We'd be fools to let him go, knowing so much about us.

[...]

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Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Martha Ivers), Van Heflin (Sam Masterson), Lizabeth Scott (Antonia "Toni" Marachek), Kirk Douglas (Walter O'Neil)

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