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Once when I was hard up, I sold some tyres on the black market.

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

You can hear this line at 00:13:46.963 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- 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.

- Everyone in Vienna is. We all sell cigarettes and that kind of thing.

- I tell you, I've done things that would have seemed unthinkable before the war.

- Once when I was hard up, I sold some tyres on the black market.

- I wonder what my father would have said.

- I'm afraid the police meant more than that.

- They get rather absurd ideas sometimes.

- He's somewhere now he won't mind about that.

- Even so, I'm not going to leave it at this.

- Will you help me?

- I wish I could. But, you know, I am an Austrian. I have to be careful with the police. I'm afraid I can't help you. Except with advice, of course. Advice.

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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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