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Harry Lime:
What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.' The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. Oh, Holly, you and I aren't heroes. The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories
What did you want me to do? Be reasonable. You didn't expect me to give myself up... 'It's a far, far better thing that I do.' The old limelight. The fall of the curtain. Oh, Holly, you and I aren't heroes. The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories
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I've got quite a lot on my mind.
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- You wouldn't do anything.
- What do you want me to do? Be reasonable.
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- You can get somebody else...
- Do you expect me to give myself up?
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- Why not?
- It's a far, far better thing that I do,
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the old limelight,
the fall of the curtain.
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No. Holly, you and I aren't heroes.
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The world doesn't make any heroes...
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- You've got plenty of contacts.
- ...outside of your stories.
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I've got to be so careful.
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I'm only safe in the Russian zone. I'm only
safe here as long as they can use me.
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- As long as they can use you?
- I wish I could get rid of this thing.
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So that's how they found out about Anna.
You told them, didn't you?
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Don't try to be a policeman, old man.
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- What do you expect me to be? Part of your...
- Part?
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You can have any part you want
as long as you don't interfere.
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I've never cut you out of anything.
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Yes, I remember when they raided
the gambling joint, you knew a safe way out.
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- Sure!
- Yeah, safe for you. Not safe for me.
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Old man, you never should have
gone to the police, you know.
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You ought to leave this thing alone.
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Movie Summary
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
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Harry Lime
