“Cuckoo Clock” speech
Orson Welles & Graham Greene * Track #4 On The Third Man
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"Cuckoo Clock" speech by Orson Welles (Ft. Graham Greene)
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In this scene, Harry Lime (Orson Welles) attempts to convince his old friend Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) to join him in his underground criminal affairs.
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Holly, I'd like to cut you in, old man. There's nobody left in Vienna I can really trust, and we've always done everything together. When you make up your mind, send me a message - I'll meet you any place, any time, and when we do meet old man, it's you I want to see, not the police. Remember that, won't ya? Don't be so gloomy.
After all it's not that awful. You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly.
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Who produced “Cuckoo Clock” speech's ?
“Cuckoo Clock” speech was produced by Carol Reed.
When did Orson Welles release “Cuckoo Clock” speech?
Orson Welles released “Cuckoo Clock” speech on Fri Sep 02 1949.