And I had such hopes. I thought if you got on the case...
5 seconds sound clip from the The Thin Man (1936) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:29:52 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Yes? Oh? Just a minute. For you, Mr. Macaulay. Police department.
- Hello. Where? In Allentown? Yes.
- When is the next train? Right. I'll get that.
- Wynant's tried to commit suicide. They want me to come down and identify him.
- Well, I guess this changes the whole story, doesn't it? That looks like an admission of guilt.
- And I had such hopes. I thought if you got on the case...
- Oh, well, well... it's no use thinking about it now.
- I'm sorry to have wasted so much of your time. You'll excuse me, won't you?
- Goodbye.
- Bye.
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