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- How long has he been dead?
- Couple of months anyway.
- Then he couldn't have committed those other murders.
- Smart gal.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Thin Man (1936) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:44:21 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Wynant's body? Yup. But they all said it was Rosewater's.

- That's what they think.

- What makes you so sure it's Wynant's body?

- Several things.

- The clothes for instance. They were carefully preserved, and the body was just as carefully destroyed.

- The person who killed him counted on one thing: that all skeletons look alike.

- Well, don't they?

- Sure.

- I remembered that Wynant had some shrapnel in his shin. They found it under the fluoroscope.

- How long has he been dead?

- Couple of months anyway.

- Then he couldn't have committed those other murders.

- Smart gal.

- Wynant dead? Does Dorothy know?

- No. Nobody but you. I didn't even tell Guild.

- Why not?

- I want to lie low till I get the whole dope. I don't want to go off half-cocked.

- What are you going to do?

- I'm going to get the real murderer.

- I've got an idea. Want to see me take him?

- Yes!

- Got a nice evening dress?

- I've got a lulu. Why?

[...]

The Thin Man (1936) Sound Clip

The Thin ManFunny quotes with sound clips from The Thin Man - radio drama based on Dashiell Hammett's book, first broadcast on Thursday August 06, 1936 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: William Powell (Nick), Myrna Loy (Nora), Porter Hall (Macauley), Minna Gombel (Mimi), Dorothy (Barbara Luddy), William Henry (Gilbert)

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