Well, I write cheap novelettes
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Martins:
I guess nobody really knew Harry like he did... like I did. Calloway:
How long ago ? Martins:
Back in school. I was never so lonesome in my life until he showed up. Calloway:
When did you see him last ? Martins:
September, '39. Calloway:
When the business started ? Martins:
Um, hmm. Calloway:
See much of him before that ? Martins:
Once in a while. Best friend I ever had. Calloway:
That sounds like a cheap novelette. Martins:
Well, I write cheap novelettes
I guess nobody really knew Harry like he did... like I did. Calloway:
How long ago ? Martins:
Back in school. I was never so lonesome in my life until he showed up. Calloway:
When did you see him last ? Martins:
September, '39. Calloway:
When the business started ? Martins:
Um, hmm. Calloway:
See much of him before that ? Martins:
Once in a while. Best friend I ever had. Calloway:
That sounds like a cheap novelette. Martins:
Well, I write cheap novelettes
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- Please talk. Tell me about him.
- Tell you what?
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Oh, anything. Just talk.
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Where did you see him last?
When? What did you do?
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Oh, we didn't make much sense.
We drank too much.
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- Once he tried to steal my girl.
- Where is she?
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Oh, that was nine years ago.
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Tell me more.
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Well, it's very difficult.
You knew Harry.
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We didn't do anything very amusing.
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He just made everything
seem like such, uh... fun.
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Was he clever when he was a boy?
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I suppose so. He could fix anything.
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- What sort of things?
- Oh, little things.
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How to put your temperature up
before exam. The best crib.
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How to avoid this and that.
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He fixed my papers for me.
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He heard the Russians
were repatriating people like me
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who came from Czechoslovakia.
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He knew the right person
straightaway for forging stamps.
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Yeah.
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When he was 14,
he taught me the three-card trick.
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That's growing up fast.
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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.
