meet someone once more
I had to go down to the garage. I wanted Charlie to see me again.Double Indemnity · 1944 — 第 14 / 21 章 · 4'47" · B2
Norton Says It Wasn't an Accident, Explained：got the ball
Walter Neff, sick with guilt after the murder, narrates a walk he can't shake: the sound of a dead man's footsteps. At the office, Keyes lays out the autopsy and the double-indemnity policy, then goes strangely quiet. The boss, Norton, has the one opinion nobody expected: "I know it was not an accident."
あらすじ
After the murder, Walter Neff is haunted and off balance. The death is in the papers, and at the office Keyes briefs the boss, Mr. Norton, on the autopsy, the witnesses, and the double-indemnity clause in Dietrichson's policy. Neff explains his role in the sale. Then Norton surprises them: he has a theory of his own.
注目の表現
sore at mecome over someonekept my hands in my pocketscost someone dough
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このシーンの表現
got the ball
it is your turn to act
Norton hands the case back to Keyes, saying the ball is now in his hands.
You've got the ball now, so we'll follow your call.
このシーンの他の表現
- sore at me
upset with me
- come over someone
suddenly struck me
- kept my hands in my pockets
kept hands hidden in pockets
- cost someone dough
will cost us money
- the legal position
where the law stands
このシーンのメモ一覧
93 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
in the end
You gonna use your car, after all? I'm not quite through.upset with me
Neff blames his stomach for being sore at him, covering a night of scheming.
Been working upstairs all night. My stomach's getting a little sore at me.survived an ordeal
That was the longest night I ever lived through, Keyes...kept hands hidden in pockets
Afraid people would see his hands shake, he keeps them buried in his pockets.
I kept my hands in my pockets because I thought they were shaking.completely apart
I could feel my nerves pulling me to pieces.the man — Offhand way to say a man, too loose for formal talk.
Anything wrong? Well, the guy is dead.will cost us money
Keyes grumbles that the claim will cost the company money, which is always bad.
We had him insured and it's gonna cost us dough. That's always wrong.money — Casual word for money, not for contracts.
We had him insured and it's gonna cost us dough. That's always wrong.died from
Died of a broken neck.got caught in
That he got tangled up in his crutches and fell off the train.where the law stands
Norton closes the file by saying the legal position is now clear, hinting they can refuse.
I believe the legal position is now clear.on a long-distance call
I just talked to this Jackson long distance, up in Medford, Oregon.on the railway line
They found Dietrichson's body on the tracks near Burbank.consider it again
Mr. Dietrichson opposed it. He said he'd think it over.bossing someone about
Well, there's no sense in pushing Neff around.dropped from
Fall off a train? Are we sure Dietrichson fell off the train?double-payout clause
As you know, it contains a double indemnity clause.no — A very casual no, fine with friends only.
Nope. Not even a hunch.actually
I think I know. In fact, I know I know what happened to Dietrichson.take it and go
Well, you've got the ball. Let's see you run with it.「Norton Says It Wasn't an Accident」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene turns on a question of who is allowed to have a theory. Keyes, the investigator, has been probing the claim for days, and here he refuses to commit: 'No opinion at all,' he says, 'Not even a hunch.' Norton, the man with the large office, is the one who states it flatly — 'I know it was not an accident' — and the irony is deliberate, since Keyes had just mocked the assumption that a big office makes a man an idiot. Handing Keyes the lead, Norton says, "Well, you've got the ball. Let's see you run with it." Walter, meanwhile, is quietly falling apart in the same room, narrating his own nerves while the men around him argue about his crime as a matter of company money.
Theme
GuiltWalter narrates his own unraveling — shaking hands, hidden eyes, the 'walk of a dead man' — while he sits through a meeting about his crime.
DeceptionA murder is discussed as a claims problem; Keyes withholds suspicion while Norton names the truth no one will prove.
このチャプターで学べること
- Keyes reads a clean report and still smells a murder.
- Dough is money in the mouths of insurance men who hate paying out.
- The double indemnity clause is what makes this death so expensive.
- Norton's football talk hands the case to Keyes as a dare.
Nothing had slipped, nothing had been overlooked.Walter reassures himself that the plan was flawless — no loose ends, no gaps — just before his nerve begins to fail.
It was the walk of a dead man.Walter describes the sound of his own footsteps after the murder: as if he is already a dead man walking.
I could feel my nerves pulling me to pieces.Walter says his composure is breaking down under the strain of the secret, even though nothing in the case has exposed him.
Well, you've got the ball. Let's see you run with it.Norton hands the case to Keyes: the lead is his, and everyone will now watch how he plays it.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Walter narrate his own nerves?
He is confessing the story into a dictaphone, and the guilt is the point. The murder went perfectly, yet he says he feels like 'the walk of a dead man,' which shows the toll the secret takes.
Why does Keyes claim he has no opinion?
He is holding back in front of the boss. He admits he has no hunch at all, even though earlier he was the one digging into the claim, and Norton notices the evasion.
Why does Norton say it was not an accident?
Norton has read the same facts — the double-indemnity policy, the timing, Neff's sale — and reaches the conclusion Keyes will not state aloud. He says it is not an accident without giving proof.
What does 'you've got the ball' mean here?
It's a sports metaphor. Norton tells Keyes the case is now his to run, and that everyone will watch how he handles it.
Why does Norton mention an 'uncomfortably warm day'?
He is teasing Keyes about his informal clothes. It shows Norton's dry, needling manner before the meeting turns serious.
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次のチャプター · 第 15 章a leg to stand onNorton Questions the Widow
第 1 章for my moneyWalter Meets Phyllis
第 2 章a honey of aNeff Flirts With Phyllis
第 3 章tie knots in one's stomachKeyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
第 4 章worried sickPhyllis Pitches Accident Insurance
第 5 章knock someone offPhyllis Proposes Killing Her Husband
第 6 章a red-hot pokerPhyllis Returns in the Rain
第 7 章get ideasPhyllis Tells Walter Her Story
第 8 章crook the houseNeff's Roulette Wheel Speech
第 9 章at a crackNeff Fools Dietrichson Into Signing
第 10 章take it or leave itWalter Drives Lola to Nino
第 11 章accidentally on purposeWalter Meets Phyllis at the Market
第 12 章shaking like a leafKeyes Offers Neff the Claims Job
第 13 章back inWalter Builds His Alibi
再生中 · 第 14 章got the ballNorton Says It Wasn't an Accident
第 15 章a leg to stand onNorton Questions the Widow
第 16 章through the wringerKeyes Suspects the Beneficiary
第 17 章gets his teeth intoLola Tells Neff About the Nurse
第 18 章like a hawkKeyes Explains the Dietrichson Murder
第 19 章come apart at the seamsKeyes Exposes the Impersonation
第 20 章hang on to your hatKeyes Blames the Wrong Man
第 21 章brushed offWalter Confronts Phyllis第 14 / 21 章 · 残り約 25 分