- It's wonderful how you keep the tension.
- Tension?
- Suspense.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:13:16.362 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You ever read a book of mine called The Lone Rider of Santa Fe?
- It's a story about a man who hunted down a sheriff who was victimizing his best friend.
- It is. I'm gunning just the same way for your Major Callaghan.
- Mr Martins? Delighted to meet you. Come, let's sit down here.
- What would you like? Tea? Coffee?
- Coffee.
- It's wonderful how you keep the tension.
- Tension?
- At the end of every chapter you are left guessing what he'll be up to next.
- So, you were a friend of Harry's?
- I think his best. Except you, of course.
- The police have a crazy notion that he was mixed up in some sort of a racket.
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