Perhaps it was worth it to her
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Walter Neff:
You know, about six months ago, a guy slipped on a cake of soap in his bathtub, knocked himself cold, and was drowned. Only, he had accident insurance, so they had an autopsy, and she didn't get away with it Phyllis:
Who didn't? Walter Neff:
His wife. Then there was the case of the guy who was found shot. His wife said he was cleaning his gun and his stomach got in the way. All she got was a 3-to-10 stretch in Tehachapi [a California women's prison] Walter Neff:
. Phyllis:
[Wearily]
Perhaps it was worth it to her
You know, about six months ago, a guy slipped on a cake of soap in his bathtub, knocked himself cold, and was drowned. Only, he had accident insurance, so they had an autopsy, and she didn't get away with it Phyllis:
Who didn't? Walter Neff:
His wife. Then there was the case of the guy who was found shot. His wife said he was cleaning his gun and his stomach got in the way. All she got was a 3-to-10 stretch in Tehachapi [a California women's prison] Walter Neff:
. Phyllis:
[Wearily]
Perhaps it was worth it to her
Full Transcript
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Hello, Keyes.
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- What's on your mind?
- That broken leg.
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- The guy had a broken leg.
- What are you talking about?
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Talking about Dietrichson. He had
accident insurance, didn't he?
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- Yeah.
- Then he broke his leg, didn't he?
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- So what?
- And he didn't put in a claim.
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- Why didn't he put in a claim? Why?
- What are you driving at?
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Walter, I had dinner two hours
ago and it stuck half way.
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That little man of yours
is acting up again, huh?
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There's something wrong
with the Dietrichson case.
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Why? Because he didn't file a claim?
Maybe he just didn't have time.
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Maybe he just didn't know that
he was insured.
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No. No, that couldn't be it.
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You delivered the policy
to him personally, didn't you?
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- Yeah.
- You got his check?
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Sure I did.
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- Got any bicarbonate of soda?
- No, I haven't.
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Walter, I've been living with
this little man for 26 years.
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And he's never failed me yet.
There's got to be something wrong.
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Well, maybe Norton was right.
Maybe it was suicide.
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No. Not suicide.
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- But not an accident, either.
- What else?
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Now look, Walter.
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A guy takes out an accident
policy that's worth $100,000..
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If he's killed on a train.
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Then two weeks later,
he is killed on a train.
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And not in a train accident, mind you, but
falling off some silly observation oar.
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Do you know what the mathematical
probability of that is?
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One out of I don't know how many billions.
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Movie Summary
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Actors
Walter Neff
