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But the centre of the city, that's international, policed by an international patrol, one member of each of the four powers.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:02:46.633 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I never knew the old Vienna before the war with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm. Constantinople suited me better.

- I really got to know it in the classic period of the black market.

- We'd run anything if people wanted it enough and had the money to pay.

- Of course, a situation like that does tempt amateurs. But, well, they, you know, they can't stay the course like a professional.

- Now the city, it's divided into four zones, you know, each occupied by a power, the American, the British, the Russian and the French.

- But the centre of the city, that's international, policed by an international patrol, one member of each of the four powers.

- Wonderful. What a hope they had, all strangers to the place, and none of them could speak the same language, except a sort of smattering of German.

- Good fellows, on the whole. Did their best, you know.

- Vienna doesn't really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. Bombed about a bit.

- Oh, I was gonna tell you. Wait. I was gonna tell you about Holly Martins, an American, came all the way here to visit a friend of his.

- The name was Lime. Harry Lime.

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The Third Man (1949) Sound Clip

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Revisit the memorable dialogues from the 1949 film noir classic, The Third Man, featuring famous quotes and audio snippets of the best lines.

Actors: Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins), Orson Welles (Harry Lime), Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt), Trevor Howard (Major Calloway)

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