It was about a mile away, that Russian delousing shack, but we were right on top of it.
5 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:41:10.201 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Blind?
- How stupid can you get, Animal?
- The killer-diller, of course, the real bonanza was when Sefton put up the observatory.
- On a clear day, you could have seen the Swiss Alps. Only who wanted to see the Swiss Alps?
- It was about a mile away, that Russian delousing shack, but we were right on top of it.
- It cost you a cigarette or a half-a-bar of chocolate a peek.
- Let's go. Twenty seconds to a customer.
- Hey, Sefton, what's snarling up the traffic?
- By the time we get to look, they'll be old hags.
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