If I offered you 20000 pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money? Or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare?
10 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:18:30.675 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Yes, I remember when they raided the gambling joint, you knew a safe way out.
- Sure!
- Yeah, safe for you. Not safe for me.
- Old man, you never should have gone to the police, you know. You ought to leave this thing alone.
- Have you ever seen any of your victims?
- You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things.
- Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax. The only way you can save money nowadays.
- A lot of good your money will do you in jail.
- That jail's in another zone.
- There's no proof against me... besides you.
- I should be pretty easy to get rid of.
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