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That same afternoon, Julia telephoned to him. She said that you were coming, Mimi, to ask about Wynant.

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

You can hear this line at 00:49:27 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Wynant was supposed to be on a trip - no one knew where.

- So our dinner guest wrote letters to Macaulay, signing Wynant's name, so that Macaulay would continue to send the money to Julia.

- He even telephoned Macaulay... Do you remember, Macaulay? The first day that you came to see me, he telephoned that he was in town.

- But it must have been Wynant. I should have known if it weren't his voice.

- Oh, he was clever about that. He called when you were out.

- That same afternoon, Julia telephoned to him. She said that you were coming, Mimi, to ask about Wynant.

- He got terrified. He was afraid that Julia would break down and tell, so he went to Julia and killed her and left Wynant's watch chain in her hand.

- Is that true? I don't know. Why are you saying it? It's the only way it makes sense.

- Quiet, please!

- His plan was still working beautifully.

- The only hitch was a man named Nunheim who had found out something.

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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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