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I said, where would you put Mr James Joyce? In what category?

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

You can hear this line at 00:52:22.441 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Stream of consciousness? Well... Well...

- What author has chiefly influenced you?

- Grey.

- Grey? What Grey?

- Zane Grey.

- That's Mr Martins' little joke, of course. We all know perfectly well Zane Grey wrote what we call westerns. Cowboys and bandits.

- Mr James Joyce. Now, where would you put him?

- Oh... would you mind repeating that question?

- I said, where would you put Mr James Joyce? In what category?

- Can I ask, is Mr Martins engaged on a new book?

- Yes. It's called The Third Man.

- A novel, Mr Martins?

- It's a murder story. I've just started it. It's based on fact.

- Why, it's Mr Popescu! Oh, very great pleasure to see you here, Mr Popescu. As you know, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Popescu is a very great supporter of one of our medical charities.

- Are you a slow writer, Mr Martins?

- Not when I get interested.

- I'd say you were doing something pretty dangerous this time.

- Yeah?

- Mixing fact and fiction.

[...]

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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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